Diminutive
[diminuˈtiːvə]
The verdict
“Diminutive” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Diminutiv
Corpus desk
Index DE-diminutive · Diminutive · German
Diminutive · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Diminutive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diminuˈtiːvə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diminutive“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diminutive is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [diminuˈtiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Diminutive, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Diminutive, spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Diminutiv
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Diminutiv
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Diminutiv
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.