značný
[ˈznat͡ʃniː]
The verdict
“značný” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über das übliche Maß hinausgehend; beträchtlich, bedeutend, erheblich, fühlbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-znacny · značný · German
značný · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | značný |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈznat͡ʃniː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „značný“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
značný is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈznat͡ʃniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "über das übliche Maß hinausgehend; beträchtlich, bedeutend, erheblich, fühlbar".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for značný, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is značný, spelled Z-N-A-Č-N-Ý.
Definition
- 1über das übliche Maß hinausgehend; beträchtlich, bedeutend, erheblich, fühlbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how značný appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Značnou část peněz dostane vdova.
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.