jistý

/[ˈjɪstiː]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

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jistý is anGermanadj. It means: mit der Wirklichkeit übereinstimmend, keine Zweifel erweckend; gewiss, sicher Pronounced [ˈjɪstiː].

Key facts for jistý
PropertyValue
Headwordjistý
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈjɪstiː]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

jistý is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for jistý is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjɪstiː]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for jistý in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is jistý, spelled J-I-S-T-Ý, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit der Wirklichkeit übereinstimmend, keine Zweifel erweckend; gewiss, sicher
  2. 2
    perfekt beherrschend; gewiss, sicher, unfehlbar
  3. 3
    gesichert; sicher, fest
  4. 4
    durch eine Vereinbarung oder Norm im Voraus bestimmt; bestimmt, sicher, gewiss
  5. 5
    dem Sprecher bekannt, aber nicht näher bestimmt; gewiss

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jistý"?
"jistý" is spelled J-I-S-T-Ý. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjɪstiː].
What does "jistý" mean?
As an adj, "jistý" means: mit der Wirklichkeit übereinstimmend, keine Zweifel erweckend; gewiss, sicher
How do you pronounce "jistý"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jistý" is [ˈjɪstiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jistý" come from?
"jistý" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.