extensiv
German, adjective[ɛkstɛnˈziːf]
extensiv is spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-V (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extensiv is a German adjective meaning “comprehensive, extended, extensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ausgedehnt, umfassend, mit großer Breiten- und geringer Tiefenwirkung”.
What does extensiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
comprehensive, extended, extensive
- 2
practiced on large areas with few resources
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ausgedehnt, umfassend, mit großer Breiten- und geringer Tiefenwirkung 2. große Flächen mit vergleichsweise wenig Aufwand bewirtschaftend 3. sich proportional zur Größe des Systems ändernd (Eigenschaft einer Zustandsgröße) 4. ausgedehnt, erweiternd (beim Auslegen von Gesetzen)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of extensiv
- extensiver masculine nominative singular
- am extensivsten superlative
- extensive feminine nominative singular
- extensives neuter nominative singular
- extensiven genitive masculine singular
- extensivem dative masculine singular
- der extensive definite includes-article masculine
- die extensive definite feminine includes-article
- das extensive definite includes-article neuter
- die extensiven definite includes-article nominative
- des extensiven definite genitive includes-article
- der extensiven definite feminine genitive
- dem extensiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extensiv?
- [ɛkstɛnˈziːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is extensiv in German?
extensiv appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).