zadržovat

/[ˈzadr̩ʒɔvat]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

zadržovat is aGermanverb. It means: durch Kraft, Macht, Einfluss u.ä. an der Fortbewegung, der Entwicklung, am Wachstum hindern, Einhalt gebieten; aufhalten, anhalten, auffangen, zurückhalten, zurückbehalten Pronounced [ˈzadr̩ʒɔvat].

Key facts for zadržovat
PropertyValue
Headwordzadržovat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzadr̩ʒɔvat]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

zadržovat 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 zadržovat is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzadr̩ʒɔvat]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for zadržovat 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 zadržovat, spelled Z-A-D-R-Ž-O-V-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch Kraft, Macht, Einfluss u.ä. an der Fortbewegung, der Entwicklung, am Wachstum hindern, Einhalt gebieten; aufhalten, anhalten, auffangen, zurückhalten, zurückbehalten
  2. 2
    durch Kraft, Macht, Einfluss vorübergehend stoppen, etwas/jemanden an der Bewegung oder Freiheit einschränken; anhalten, festhalten, verwahren, festnehmen
  3. 3
    eine Flüssigkeit sammeln lassen durch ein Behindern des Abfließens; stauen, aufstauen

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zadržovat"?
"zadržovat" is spelled Z-A-D-R-Ž-O-V-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzadr̩ʒɔvat].
What does "zadržovat" mean?
As a verb, "zadržovat" means: durch Kraft, Macht, Einfluss u.ä. an der Fortbewegung, der Entwicklung, am Wachstum hindern, Einhalt gebieten; aufhalten, anhalten, auffangen, zurückhalten, zurückbehalten
How do you pronounce "zadržovat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zadržovat" is [ˈzadr̩ʒɔvat]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zadržovat" come from?
"zadržovat" 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.