extensiv
[ɛkstɛnˈziːf]
The verdict
“extensiv” is an uncommon German word, ranked #68,199 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #68,199
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ausgedehnt, umfassend, mit großer Breiten- und geringer Tiefenwirkung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extensiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛkstɛnˈziːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extensiv” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for extensiv is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛkstɛnˈziːf]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,199 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for extensiv, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 extensiv, spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-V.
Definition
- 1ausgedehnt, umfassend, mit großer Breiten- und geringer Tiefenwirkung
- 2große Flächen mit vergleichsweise wenig Aufwand bewirtschaftend
- 3sich proportional zur Größe des Systems ändernd (Eigenschaft einer Zustandsgröße)
- 4ausgedehnt, erweiternd (beim Auslegen von Gesetzen)
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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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Using “extensiv”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-X-T-E-N-S-I-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛkstɛnˈziːf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.