samotný
[ˈsamɔtniː]
The verdict
“samotný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit niemandem anderen; allein
Corpus desk
Index DE-samotny · samotný · German
samotný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | samotný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsamɔtniː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „samotný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
samotný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈsamɔtniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for samotný in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is samotný, spelled S-A-M-O-T-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1mit niemandem anderen; allein
- 2betont eine Person oder Sache; selbst, eigentlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how samotný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rodiče svou dceru nikdy nenechali jít do města samotnou.
Přišel i samotný pan předseda.
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.