obrátit se

/[ˈɔbraːcɪt͡sɛ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

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obrátit se is aGermanverb. It means: die Lage/Stellung zur entgegengesetzten Seite ändern; sich wenden, (sich) drehen, sich umdrehen, sich umkehren Pronounced [ˈɔbraːcɪt͡sɛ].

Key facts for obrátit se
PropertyValue
Headwordobrátit se
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɔbraːcɪt͡sɛ]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

obrátit se is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for obrátit se is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔbraːcɪt͡sɛ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for obrátit se in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is obrátit se, spelled O-B-R-Á-T-I-T- -S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Lage/Stellung zur entgegengesetzten Seite ändern; sich wenden, (sich) drehen, sich umdrehen, sich umkehren
  2. 2
    sich in eine andere, entgegengesetzte Richtung begeben, die Bewegungsrichtung ändern; sich umdrehen, kehrtmachen
  3. 3
    sich ändern; sich wenden, Wetter: umschlagen
  4. 4
    jemanden ansprechen, kontaktieren; sich wenden, herantreten
  5. 5
    einen gegenteiligen Verlauf einnehmen; sich wenden, sich kehren (gegen)
  6. 6
    religiös/spirituell werden, mit dem Sündigen aufhören; sich bekehren

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obrátit se"?
"obrátit se" is spelled O-B-R-Á-T-I-T- -S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔbraːcɪt͡sɛ].
What does "obrátit se" mean?
As a verb, "obrátit se" means: die Lage/Stellung zur entgegengesetzten Seite ändern; sich wenden, (sich) drehen, sich umdrehen, sich umkehren
How do you pronounce "obrátit se"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obrátit se" is [ˈɔbraːcɪt͡sɛ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obrátit se" come from?
"obrátit se" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.