zavřít

/[ˈzavr̝iːt]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Language

German

word origin

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0

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zavřít is aGermanverb. It means: einer entsprechenden Einrichtung eine Position geben, die keinen Zugang oder Durchgang ermöglicht; schließen, zumachen, zuschließen, zudrehen Pronounced [ˈzavr̝iːt].

Key facts for zavřít
PropertyValue
Headwordzavřít
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzavr̝iːt]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

zavřít 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 zavřít is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzavr̝iːt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for zavřít 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 zavřít, spelled Z-A-V-Ř-Í-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer entsprechenden Einrichtung eine Position geben, die keinen Zugang oder Durchgang ermöglicht; schließen, zumachen, zuschließen, zudrehen
  2. 2
    einen Raum unzugänglich machen; verschließen, versperren, abschließen, einschließen
  3. 3
    jemandem die Freiheit durch Unterbringung in einer Hafteinrichtung entziehen; einschließen, einsperren, inhaftieren, in Haft nehmen
  4. 4
    die Tätigkeit oder den Betrieb unterbrechen; schließen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zavřít"?
"zavřít" is spelled Z-A-V-Ř-Í-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzavr̝iːt].
What does "zavřít" mean?
As a verb, "zavřít" means: einer entsprechenden Einrichtung eine Position geben, die keinen Zugang oder Durchgang ermöglicht; schließen, zumachen, zuschließen, zudrehen
How do you pronounce "zavřít"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zavřít" is [ˈzavr̝iːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zavřít" come from?
"zavřít" 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.