hlavně
[ˈɦlavɲɛ]
The verdict
“hlavně” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - den Kern einer Sache betreffend; den größten, wichtigsten Teil betreffend; in erster Linie; hauptsächlich, vornehmlich, vor allem
Corpus desk
Index DE-hlavne · hlavně · German
hlavně · 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 "H" 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 | hlavně |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈɦlavɲɛ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hlavně“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hlavně is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈɦlavɲɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Kern einer Sache betreffend; den größten, wichtigsten Teil betreffend; in erster Linie; hauptsächlich, vornehmlich, vor allem".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hlavně in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is hlavně, spelled H-L-A-V-N-Ě.
Definition
- 1den Kern einer Sache betreffend; den größten, wichtigsten Teil betreffend; in erster Linie; hauptsächlich, vornehmlich, vor allem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hlavně appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hlavně že jsme zdraví.
Dělá hlavně drobné práce.
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.