obecný
[ˈɔbɛt͡sniː]
The verdict
“obecný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - breite Geltung oder Verbreitung habend; allgemein, gemein
Corpus desk
Index DE-obecny · obecný · German
obecný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | obecný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɔbɛt͡sniː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „obecný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
obecný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɔbɛt͡sniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "breite Geltung oder Verbreitung habend; allgemein, gemein".
obecný doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is obecný, spelled O-B-E-C-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1breite Geltung oder Verbreitung habend; allgemein, gemein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obecný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Podle obecného přesvědčení by malé děti neměly pít alkohol.
Synonyms
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.