není
[ˈnɛɲiː]
The verdict
“není” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indikativ Präsens 3. Person Singular des Verbs nebýt
Corpus desk
Index DE-neni · není · German
není · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | není |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnɛɲiː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „není“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
není is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈnɛɲiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indikativ Präsens 3. Person Singular des Verbs nebýt".
není doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is není, spelled N-E-N-Í.
Definition
- 1Indikativ Präsens 3. Person Singular des Verbs nebýt
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.