otřást se
[ˈɔtr̝̊aːst͡sɛ]
The verdict
“otřást se” 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — unkontrolliert und wiederholt schnell hin- und herbewegen; sich schütteln, erzittern, zittern, beben, wanken, bibbern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | otřást se |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɔtr̝̊aːst͡sɛ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “otřást se” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for otřást se is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔtr̝̊aːst͡sɛ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for otřást 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 otřást se, spelled O-T-Ř-Á-S-T- -S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1unkontrolliert und wiederholt schnell hin- und herbewegen; sich schütteln, erzittern, zittern, beben, wanken, bibbern
- 2etwas Unangenehmes abschütteln; sich erholen (von + Dativ)
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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 “otřást se”
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- The one correct German spelling is O-T-Ř-Á-S-T- -S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɔtr̝̊aːst͡sɛ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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