affektiv
[afɛkˈtiːf]
The verdict
“affektiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch heftige Gefühlsäußerungen gekennzeichnet, überschnell und reflexartig (Vergleiche auch Affekt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-affektiv · affektiv · German
affektiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | affektiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [afɛkˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „affektiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
affektiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [afɛkˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch heftige Gefühlsäußerungen gekennzeichnet, überschnell und reflexartig (Vergleiche auch Affekt)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for affektiv in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is affektiv, spelled A-F-F-E-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1durch heftige Gefühlsäußerungen gekennzeichnet, überschnell und reflexartig (Vergleiche auch Affekt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how affektiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn bestimmte Denkinhalte affektiv sehr hoch besetzt sind, dann werden diese manchmal affektiv "gesperrt" bzw. entsprechende "undenkbare" theoretische Alternativen ausgeklammert.“
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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.