závěr
[ˈzaːvjɛr]
The verdict
“závěr” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - letzter, abschließender Teil; Schluss, Ende
Corpus desk
Index DE-zaver · závěr · German
závěr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | závěr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaːvjɛr] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „závěr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
závěr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaːvjɛr]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
závěr 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 závěr, spelled Z-Á-V-Ě-R.
Definition
- 1letzter, abschließender Teil; Schluss, Ende
- 2letzter, abschließender Teil; Schluss, Ende
- 3Resultat einer Beurteilung; Schluss, Ergebnis
- 4verschließendes, sperrendes Teil; Verschluss, Schloss, Sperre
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how závěr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Závod v Německu byl v závěru loňského roku uzavřen.
Na závěr smlouvy by smluvní strany měly svým podpisem stvrdit, že se s obsahem smlouvy řádně seznámily.
Synonyms
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.