extensiv
[ɛkstɛnˈziːf]
The verdict
“extensiv” is uncommon German (frequency #68,199 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,199
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausgedehnt, umfassend, mit großer Breiten- und geringer Tiefenwirkung
Corpus desk
Index DE-extensiv · extensiv · German
extensiv · rank #68,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,199
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH explodierende
Nearest frequency peer: explodierende (-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 „extensiv“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- etymologisch
etymologisch
31,804 corpus weight
- explodieren…
explodierende
31,803 corpus weight
- extensiv
extensiv
31,802 corpus weight
- fadenschein…
fadenscheinigen
31,801 corpus weight
- Fahrdienstl…
Fahrdienstleiter
31,800 corpus weight
- Fahrscheine
Fahrscheine
31,799 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „extensiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „extensiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
extensiv is uncommon German at frequency #68,199 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛkstɛnˈziːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
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)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extensiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gerade in den Wintermonaten wird durch viel extensives Training die Grundlagenausdauer entwickelt.
Unter extensiver Bewirtschaftung wird der vollständige Verzicht auf den Einsatz von Herbiziden und Insektiziden, der weitestgehende Verzicht auf Fungizide sowie die Reduktion von Düngung und Bodenbearbeitung verstanden.
Antonyms
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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