závažný
[ˈzaːvaʒniː]
The verdict
“závažný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - mit weitreichenden Auswirkungen; wichtig, schwerwiegend, folgenschwer, gewichtig, bedeutungsvoll, wesentlich, ernst, Grund: triftig
Corpus desk
Index DE-zavazny · závažný · German
závažný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | závažný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzaːvaʒniː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „závažný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
závažný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzaːvaʒniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for závažný, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is závažný, spelled Z-Á-V-A-Ž-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1mit weitreichenden Auswirkungen; wichtig, schwerwiegend, folgenschwer, gewichtig, bedeutungsvoll, wesentlich, ernst, Grund: triftig
- 2Befürchtungen erweckend; ernstlich, schwerwiegend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how závažný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Město není oprávněno takový souhlas odepřít bez závažných důvodů.
Je zde závažné podezření ze spáchání trestného činu ublížení na zdraví s následkem smrti.
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.