Word
Коллекционер наткнулся на редкость.
Meaning
The collector came across a rarity.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Коллекционер наткнулся на редкость.
на
on/for
коллекционер
the collector
редкость
the rarity
наткнуться
to come across unexpectedly
Questions & Answers about Коллекционер наткнулся на редкость.
What exactly does наткнулся на mean here?
Here наткнулся на means came across, ran into, or stumbled upon something by chance.
It often suggests an accidental discovery, not a planned search.
The verb can also have a literal meaning: to bump/stumble into something physically. But in this sentence it is clearly figurative: the collector unexpectedly found a rarity.
Why is there a на after наткнулся?
Because наткнуться на + accusative is the standard pattern.
So you learn it as a unit:
- наткнуться на что? = to come across / stumble upon something
- наткнуться на кого? = to run into someone
The preposition is not optional here. It is part of how the verb works in this meaning.
Why is it редкость, not some different form?