how to pronounce großvater

/ˈɡʁoːsfatɐ/

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großvater is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of großvater in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… trumpf er ist der großvater von donald …”

meanings of großvater

noun:

Grandfather.

großvater frequency in german - C1 level of CEFR

the word großvater occurs in german on average 12.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.