žánr
[ˈʒaːnr̩]
The verdict
“žánr” 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) - Art künstlerischer Werke mit bestimmten gemeinsamen Merkmalen; Genre, Gattung
Corpus desk
Index DE-zanr · žánr · German
žánr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ž" 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 | žánr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʒaːnr̩] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „žánr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
žánr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʒaːnr̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Art künstlerischer Werke mit bestimmten gemeinsamen Merkmalen; Genre, Gattung".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for žánr, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 žánr, spelled Ž-Á-N-R.
Definition
- 1Art künstlerischer Werke mit bestimmten gemeinsamen Merkmalen; Genre, Gattung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how žánr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Legenda je epický literární žánr popisující život a mučednickou smrt světců, ta je často doprovázena nadpřirozenými událostmi.
Synonyms
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.