prostý
[ˈprɔstiː]
The verdict
“prostý” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht kompliziert seiend, ohne Aufwand; einfach, simpel, ungezwungen, banal
Corpus desk
Index DE-prosty · prostý · German
prostý · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | prostý |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈprɔstiː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „prostý“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
prostý is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈprɔstiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
prostý has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is prostý, spelled P-R-O-S-T-Ý.
Definition
- 1nicht kompliziert seiend, ohne Aufwand; einfach, simpel, ungezwungen, banal
- 2ohne jeden Luxus, ohne Auffälligkeiten, alltäglich; einfach, gewöhnlich, schlicht
- 3so, dass keine andere Möglichkeit zulässig ist; rein, bloß, frei, einfach
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prostý appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zatím jsem nepodepsal smlouvu z prostého důvodu - chtěl jsem méně radikální řešení.
Jitka byla svobodná a navzdory prostému oblečení poměrně přitažlivá.
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.