druhý
[ˈdrʊɦiː]
The verdict
“druhý” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. 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) - Ordnungszahl zu dva (zwei); zweite
Corpus desk
Index DE-druhy · druhý · German
druhý · 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 | druhý |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈdrʊɦiː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „druhý“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
druhý is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed [ˈdrʊɦiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for druhý, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 druhý, spelled D-R-U-H-Ý.
Definition
- 1Ordnungszahl zu dva (zwei); zweite
- 2andere
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how druhý appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
za druhé - zweitens
Už je půl druhé.
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.