otevřít
[ˈɔtɛvr̝iːt]
The verdict
“otevřít” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — eine Schließeinrichtung freigeben, um einen Eingang, Ausgang, Durchgang zu ermöglichen; öffnen, aufmachen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | otevřít |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɔtɛvr̝iːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “otevřít” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for otevřít is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔtɛvr̝iːt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for otevřít 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 otevřít, spelled O-T-E-V-Ř-Í-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1eine Schließeinrichtung freigeben, um einen Eingang, Ausgang, Durchgang zu ermöglichen; öffnen, aufmachen
- 2einen abgeschlossenen Raum zugänglich machen; öffnen, aufmachen
- 3etwas Geschlossenes oder Gefaltetes ausbreiten oder aufklappen; öffnen, aufschlagen
- 4durch Freigeben eines Ventils in einem Rohrsystem ein Ausfließen oder Durchfließen eines Mediums ermöglichen; öffnen, aufdrehen
- 5den Betrieb einer öffentlich zugänglichen Einrichtung aufnehmen; eröffnen
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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.
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Using “otevřít”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-T-E-V-Ř-Í-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɔtɛvr̝iːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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