zprvu
[ˈspr̩vʊ]
The verdict
“zprvu” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - am Beginn stehend; zuerst, anfangs, anfänglich, zunächst, ursprünglich
Corpus desk
Index DE-zprvu · zprvu · German
zprvu · 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 | zprvu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈspr̩vʊ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zprvu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zprvu is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈspr̩vʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Beginn stehend; zuerst, anfangs, anfänglich, zunächst, ursprünglich".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zprvu in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 zprvu, spelled Z-P-R-V-U.
Definition
- 1am Beginn stehend; zuerst, anfangs, anfänglich, zunächst, ursprünglich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zprvu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zprvu se jen omakávala a hladila, prstění se se ji ale zalíbilo víc.
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.