slabý
[ˈslabiː]
The verdict
“slabý” 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) - nur über eine kleine, unzureichende physische Kraft verfügend; schwach
Corpus desk
Index DE-slaby · slabý · German
slabý · 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 "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 | slabý |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈslabiː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „slabý“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
slabý is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈslabiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for slabý, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists 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 slabý, spelled S-L-A-B-Ý.
Definition
- 1nur über eine kleine, unzureichende physische Kraft verfügend; schwach
- 2klein, was die Menge, den Umfang, die Anzahl betrifft; schwach, spärlich
- 3nicht intensiv genug; schwach, leicht
- 4nicht ausreichend genug; schwach
- 5qualitativ nicht ausreichend; schwach
- 6zu wenig energisch, zu nachgiebig; schwach
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slabý appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
V rámci přirozeného výběru slabé organismy podléhají silnějším.
Sotva přišel domů, snažil se ženě vysvětlit svůj slabý výdělek, ale žena příliš nadšení neprojevovala.
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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.