začátek
[ˈzat͡ʃaːtɛk]
The verdict
“začátek” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Zeitpunkt, wo etwas beginnt: Anfang, Beginn
Corpus desk
Index DE-zacatek · začátek · German
začátek · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | začátek |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzat͡ʃaːtɛk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „začátek“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
začátek is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzat͡ʃaːtɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for začátek in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is začátek, spelled Z-A-Č-Á-T-E-K.
Definition
- 1Zeitpunkt, wo etwas beginnt: Anfang, Beginn
- 2Ort, wo etwas beginnt: Anfang
- 3erster Abschnitt oder Teil von etwas: Anfang, Beginn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how začátek appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O dotaci zažádal už na začátku roku.
Telefonovala už čtvrt hodiny a zmeškala začátek představení.
Antonyms
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.