občasný
[ˈʔɔpt͡ʃasniː]
The verdict
“občasný” 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) - nur ab und zu auftretend; zeitweilig, zeitweise, gelegentlich, vereinzelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-obcasny · občasný · German
občasný · 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 "O" 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 | občasný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʔɔpt͡ʃasniː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „občasný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
občasný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʔɔpt͡ʃasniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nur ab und zu auftretend; zeitweilig, zeitweise, gelegentlich, vereinzelt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for občasný, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 občasný, spelled O-B-Č-A-S-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1nur ab und zu auftretend; zeitweilig, zeitweise, gelegentlich, vereinzelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how občasný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Od středy meteorologové očekávají mírné ochlazení provázené přeháňkami nebo občasným deštěm, které potrvá až do příštího víkendu.“
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.