známý
[ˈznaːmiː]
The verdict
“známý” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - von der Öffentlichkeit gekannt; populär, bekannt
Corpus desk
Index DE-znamy · známý · German
známý · 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 | známý |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈznaːmiː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „známý“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
známý is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈznaːmiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for známý, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is známý, spelled Z-N-Á-M-Ý.
Definition
- 1von der Öffentlichkeit gekannt; populär, bekannt
- 2persönlich gekannt, bekannt
- 3man weiß es, man kennt es, im Gedächtnis vorhanden; vertraut, bekannt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how známý appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je to velice známý herec.
Ten člověk je mi známý.
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.