samostatný

[ˈsamɔstatniː]

/[ˈsamɔstatniː]/ adj

The verdict

“samostatný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - getrennt existierend; selbständig, eigenständig, eigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-samostatny · samostatný · German

samostatný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 samostatný
PropertyValue
Headwordsamostatný
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈsamɔstatniː]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „samostatný“ im Deutschen

samostatnýsitzt 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

samostatný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈsamɔstatniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for samostatný in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 samostatný, spelled S-A-M-O-S-T-A-T-N-Ý.

Definition

  1. 1
    getrennt existierend; selbständig, eigenständig, eigen
  2. 2
    (politisch, wirtschaftlich) unabhängig; selbstständig, eigenständig, autonom
  3. 3
    unternehmerisch oder freiberuflich tätig; selbständig
  4. 4
    ohne Hilfe anderer oder ohne Anleitung auskommend; selbstständig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how samostatný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Apartmá čtyřlůžkové má samostatný vchodem.
  2. Knihovna zůstala samostatnou institucí pod přímou správou ministerstva školství.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "samostatný"?
"samostatný" is spelled S-A-M-O-S-T-A-T-N-Ý. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsamɔstatniː].
What does "samostatný" mean?
As an adjective, "samostatný" means: getrennt existierend; selbständig, eigenständig, eigen
How do you pronounce "samostatný"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "samostatný" is [ˈsamɔstatniː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "samostatný" come from?
"samostatný" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list