podivný
[ˈpɔɟɪvniː]
The verdict
“podivný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erstaunen, Befremdung hervorrufend; sonderbar, seltsam, eigenartig
Corpus desk
Index DE-podivny · podivný · German
podivný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | podivný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpɔɟɪvniː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „podivný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
podivný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɔɟɪvniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Erstaunen, Befremdung hervorrufend; sonderbar, seltsam, eigenartig".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for podivný, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is podivný, spelled P-O-D-I-V-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1Erstaunen, Befremdung hervorrufend; sonderbar, seltsam, eigenartig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how podivný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je to nejpodivnější příběh, jaký jsem kdy v životě slyšela.
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.