Gramów

Gramów is the genitive plural form of the unit gram in Polish and is commonly used when expressing quantities with numerals. The gram (symbol g) is a metric mass unit in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as one thousandth of a kilogram, so 1 g = 0.001 kg. The kilogram is the SI base unit for mass, and since 2019 the kilogram has been defined by fixing the Planck constant. The gram remains a widely used derived unit for measuring small masses in science, industry, medicine, cooking, and everyday life.

In everyday Polish, the gram is often encountered in labeling and recipes. The form gramów appears after numerals and expressions of quantity, for example: pięć gramów cukru, dwieście gramów mąki. Conversely, after numbers where the label shows a direct value, packaging may simply display the abbreviation g, as in 50 g cukru.

Common submultiples and related units include the milligram (mg), equal to one thousandth of a gram, and the microgram (µg), equal to one millionth of a gram. Larger multiples include the kilogram (kg), equal to 1000 g, and the metric ton (t), equal to 1,000,000 g.

Note on usage: gram measures mass, not weight. In physics, mass remains constant while weight can vary with gravitational force. The gram is a standard, practical unit for everyday measurements of small masses.