podívat se
[ˈpɔɟiːvat͡sɛ]
The verdict
“podívat 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Blick auf etwas oder jemanden richten; ansehen, anschauen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | podívat se |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpɔɟiːvat͡sɛ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “podívat se” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for podívat se is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɔɟiːvat͡sɛ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for podívat 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 podívat se, spelled P-O-D-Í-V-A-T- -S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1den Blick auf etwas oder jemanden richten; ansehen, anschauen
- 2(mit den Augen) nach etwas suchen; sich umsehen
- 3irgendwohin fahren oder gehen, jemanden besuchen; fahren, gehen
- 4etwas oder jemanden untersuchen, beurteilen, sich mit etwas beschäftigen; anschauen, einen Blick werfen
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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 “podívat se”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-O-D-Í-V-A-T- -S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpɔɟiːvat͡sɛ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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