jistý
[ˈjɪstiː]
The verdict
“jistý” 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) - mit der Wirklichkeit übereinstimmend, keine Zweifel erweckend; gewiss, sicher
Corpus desk
Index DE-jisty · jistý · German
jistý · 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 "J" 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 | jistý |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈjɪstiː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jistý“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jistý is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈjɪstiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for jistý in our index, 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 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 jistý, spelled J-I-S-T-Ý.
Definition
- 1mit der Wirklichkeit übereinstimmend, keine Zweifel erweckend; gewiss, sicher
- 2perfekt beherrschend; gewiss, sicher, unfehlbar
- 3gesichert; sicher, fest
- 4durch eine Vereinbarung oder Norm im Voraus bestimmt; bestimmt, sicher, gewiss
- 5dem Sprecher bekannt, aber nicht näher bestimmt; gewiss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jistý appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nebyla jsem si jistá, jestli se to sluší.
Jste si tím jist?
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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.