příčina
[ˈpr̝̊iːt͡ʃɪna]
The verdict
“příčina” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - 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) - etwas, was einem Zustand oder Geschehen vorausgegangen ist und die Änderung zum jetzigen Zustand oder Geschehen bewirkt hat; Ursache
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | příčina |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpr̝̊iːt͡ʃɪna] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “příčina” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for příčina is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpr̝̊iːt͡ʃɪna]. 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 příčina 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 příčina, spelled P-Ř-Í-Č-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1etwas, was einem Zustand oder Geschehen vorausgegangen ist und die Änderung zum jetzigen Zustand oder Geschehen bewirkt hat; Ursache
- 2die Motivation für eine Handlung; Grund
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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 “příčina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-Ř-Í-Č-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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