resta

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/[…]/ verb

The verdict

“resta” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs restar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)

Corpus desk

Index DE-resta · resta · German

resta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" 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.

Key facts for resta
PropertyValue
Headwordresta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „resta“ im Deutschen

restasitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

resta is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for resta in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is resta, spelled R-E-S-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs restar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)
  2. 2
    Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs restar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)
  3. 3
    Suchergebnisse in der Interlingua-Wikipedia für „resta“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "resta"?
"resta" is spelled R-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "resta" mean?
As a verb, "resta" means: Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs restar (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)
How do you pronounce "resta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resta" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resta" come from?
"resta" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list