Dativus possessivus
The verdict
“Dativus possessivus” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Wortgruppe oder Wort im Dativ, die/das den Besitz/die Zugehörigkeit anzeigt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dativus possessivus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [daˌtiːvʊs pɔsɛˈsiːvʊs] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dativus possessivus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dativus possessivus is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [daˌtiːvʊs pɔsɛˈsiːvʊs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wortgruppe oder Wort im Dativ, die/das den Besitz/die Zugehörigkeit anzeigt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Dativus possessivus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Dativus possessivus, spelled D-A-T-I-V-U-S- -P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-V-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Wortgruppe oder Wort im Dativ, die/das den Besitz/die Zugehörigkeit anzeigt
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Dativus possessivus"?
What does "Dativus possessivus" mean?
How do you pronounce "Dativus possessivus"?
What language does "Dativus possessivus" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “Dativus possessivus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-A-T-I-V-U-S- -P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-V-U-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [daˌtiːvʊs pɔsɛˈsiːvʊs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index: