právě
[ˈpraːvjɛ]
The verdict
“právě” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zeitliche Bestimmung, in diesem Augenblick oder vor sehr kurzer Zeit; eben, soeben, gerade
Corpus desk
Index DE-prave · právě · German
právě · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | právě |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈpraːvjɛ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „právě“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
právě is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈpraːvjɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for právě, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is právě, spelled P-R-Á-V-Ě.
Definition
- 1zeitliche Bestimmung, in diesem Augenblick oder vor sehr kurzer Zeit; eben, soeben, gerade
- 2betont oder verstärkt die Aussage; gerade, eben, ausgerechnet
- 3schwächt eine verneinende Aussage ab oder schränkt sie ein; (nicht) gerade
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how právě appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Právě jsem o tobě mluvil.
Právě když jsem chtěla jíst, zvonil mobil.
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.