první
[ˈpr̩vɲiː]
The verdict
“první” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Ordnungszahl zu jeden (eins); erste
Corpus desk
Index DE-prvni · první · German
první · 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 | první |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpr̩vɲiː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „první“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
první is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpr̩vɲiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for první in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 první, spelled P-R-V-N-Í.
Definition
- 1Ordnungszahl zu jeden (eins); erste
- 2anfängliches Geschehen in zeitlicher Abfolge, unzählbar; erste
- 3führend nach der Wichtigkeit oder dem Wert; erste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how první appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dnes je prvního.
Nejradši by byl všude první.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.