akt.

abbrev

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The verdict

“akt.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aktiv

Corpus desk

Index DE-akt · akt. · German

akt. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • 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.

Key facts for akt.
PropertyValue
Headwordakt.
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “akt.” sits in German frequency

akt.ranks outside the top 100,000 German headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

akt. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

akt. has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is akt., spelled A-K-T-..

Definition

  1. 1
    aktiv
  2. 2
    aktuell

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how akt. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nutzer nicht akt.
  2. Tageszeitung XY, akt. Ausgabe

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "akt."?
"akt." is spelled A-K-T-..
What does "akt." mean?
As an abbreviation, "akt." means: aktiv
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list