svůj
[svuːj]
The verdict
“svůj” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reflexives Possessivpronomen
Corpus desk
Index DE-svuj · svůj · German
svůj · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 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 | svůj |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [svuːj] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „svůj“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
svůj is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed [svuːj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for svůj, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is svůj, spelled S-V-Ů-J.
Definition
- 1reflexives Possessivpronomen
- 2mein, dein/Dein, sein, unser, euer/Ihr, ihr
- 3selten im Nominativ: mein, dein/Dein, sein, unser, euer/Ihr, ihr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how svůj appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Máš ráda mého otce? Já mám ráda svého otce.
Máš ráda svého otce? Já nemám ráda tvého otce.
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.