drobný
[ˈdrɔbniː]
The verdict
“drobný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinere Abmessungen habend; klein, winzig, fein
Corpus desk
Index DE-drobny · drobný · German
drobný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | drobný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdrɔbniː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „drobný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
drobný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdrɔbniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for drobný, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is drobný, spelled D-R-O-B-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1kleinere Abmessungen habend; klein, winzig, fein
- 2einen kleinen Wert, eine kleine Bedeutung habend; klein, geringfügig, unerheblich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drobný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bylo slyšet, jak drobnými kroky běží ke schodům.
Sledovala přesýpací hodiny, naplněné drobným žlutým pískem.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.