cześć
[t͡ʃɛɕt͡ɕ]
The verdict
“cześć” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hochachtung, Verehrung, Wertschätzung, Ehre
Corpus desk
Index DE-czesc · cześć · German
cześć · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cześć |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃɛɕt͡ɕ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „cześć“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
cześć is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃɛɕt͡ɕ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cześć has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is cześć, spelled C-Z-E-Ś-Ć.
Definition
- 1Hochachtung, Verehrung, Wertschätzung, Ehre
- 2Ehre, guter Ruf, guter Namen
- 3Ehrerbietung, Verehrung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cześć appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Miał go w wielkiej czci.
Przysięgała na swoją cześć, że to była prawda.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.