náročný
[ˈnaːrɔt͡ʃniː]
The verdict
“náročný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hohe Anforderungen stellend; anspruchsvoll
Corpus desk
Index DE-narocny · náročný · German
náročný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | náročný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnaːrɔt͡ʃniː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „náročný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
náročný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnaːrɔt͡ʃniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for náročný, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is náročný, spelled N-Á-R-O-Č-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1hohe Anforderungen stellend; anspruchsvoll
- 2mit großen Anstrengungen, Mühen verbunden; anspruchsvoll, hart, schwierig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how náročný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Naše výrobky uspokojí i nejnáročnější zákazníky.
Vozidla postupovala náročným terénem jen těžko vpřed.
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.