dávný
[ˈdaːvniː]
The verdict
“dávný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - zu früheren Zeiten, sehr lange Zeit bestehend/dauernd, vor langer Zeit entstanden; einstig, althergebracht, längjährig, alt, längst vergangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-davny · dávný · German
dávný · 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 "D" 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 | dávný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdaːvniː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dávný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dávný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdaːvniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu früheren Zeiten, sehr lange Zeit bestehend/dauernd, vor langer Zeit entstanden; einstig, althergebracht, längjährig, alt, längst vergangen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dávný, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dávný, spelled D-Á-V-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1zu früheren Zeiten, sehr lange Zeit bestehend/dauernd, vor langer Zeit entstanden; einstig, althergebracht, längjährig, alt, längst vergangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dávný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dávní zemědělci získávali novou půdu vypalováním lesů.
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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.