assoziativ
[asot͡si̯aˈtiːf]
The verdict
“assoziativ” is uncommon German (frequency #91,289 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,289
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Assoziationen beruhend; Gedanken/Vorstellungen miteinander verbindend
Corpus desk
Index DE-assoziativ · assoziativ · German
assoziativ · rank #91,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,289
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aspartam
Nearest frequency peer: aspartam (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „assoziativ“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- asexuell
asexuell
8,714 corpus weight
- aspartam
aspartam
8,713 corpus weight
- assoziativ
assoziativ
8,712 corpus weight
- Assyrien
Assyrien
8,711 corpus weight
- astronomisc…
astronomischer
8,710 corpus weight
- atypisch
atypisch
8,709 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „assoziativ“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assoziativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [asot͡si̯aˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „assoziativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
assoziativ is uncommon German at frequency #91,289 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [asot͡si̯aˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for assoziativ, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 assoziativ, spelled A-S-S-O-Z-I-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1auf Assoziationen beruhend; Gedanken/Vorstellungen miteinander verbindend
- 2unabhängig von der Reihenfolge der Rechenoperationen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assoziativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie spricht über die eigene Sammelwut, scheinbar zufällig reiht sie ihre Fundstücke auf, ohne das konstruierende Prinzip zu verheimlichen, das noch dem assoziativsten Film zugrunde liegt.“
Addition und Multiplikation sind im Gegensatz zu Subtraktion und Division assoziativ.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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