úřad
[ˈuːr̝at]
The verdict
“úřad” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Organ der öffentlichen Verwaltung: Amt, Behörde
Corpus desk
Index DE-urad · úřad · German
úřad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ú" 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 | úřad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːr̝at] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „úřad“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
úřad is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːr̝at]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
úřad doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 úřad, spelled Ú-Ř-A-D.
Definition
- 1Organ der öffentlichen Verwaltung: Amt, Behörde
- 2Funktion in der öffentlichen Verwaltung: Amt, Funktion
- 3Gebäude der öffentlichen Verwaltung: Behörde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how úřad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dnes jsem musel jednat s úřady.
Je v úřadu už mnoho let.
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.