święty

/[ˈɕfʲɛntɨ]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

święty is anGermanadj. It means: nach dem Tod offiziell durch die Kirche kanonisiert; heilig Pronounced [ˈɕfʲɛntɨ].

Key facts for święty
PropertyValue
Headwordświęty
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɕfʲɛntɨ]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

święty is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for święty is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɕfʲɛntɨ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for święty in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is święty, spelled Ś-W-I-Ę-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nach dem Tod offiziell durch die Kirche kanonisiert; heilig
  2. 2
    Gott oder einer Gottheit geheiligt, ein Kultobjekt darstellend; heilig
  3. 3
    Gott seine Allmacht, Unendlichkeit und Unsterblichkeit zusprechend; heilig
  4. 4
    mit einem Kult verbunden; heilig
  5. 5
    tugendhaft, gerecht, edel
  6. 6
    ehrenwert, edel, erhaben
  7. 7
    heilig, unantastbar

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "święty"?
"święty" is spelled Ś-W-I-Ę-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɕfʲɛntɨ].
What does "święty" mean?
As an adj, "święty" means: nach dem Tod offiziell durch die Kirche kanonisiert; heilig
How do you pronounce "święty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "święty" is [ˈɕfʲɛntɨ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "święty" come from?
"święty" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.