extensive

Name: extensive, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ɛkstɛnˈziːvə]

/[ɛkstɛnˈziːvə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“extensive” is uncommon German (frequency #62,382 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,382
frequency rank, German: 57,060
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv

Key facts for extensive
Property	Value
Headword	extensive
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ɛkstɛnˈziːvə]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#62,382
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “extensive” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). extensive lands here:

#62,382

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

extensive is uncommon German at frequency #62,382 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛkstɛnˈziːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for extensive in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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. The correct German form is extensive, spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-V-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "extensive"?

"extensive" is spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛkstɛnˈziːvə].

What does "extensive" mean?

As an adjective, "extensive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs extensiv

How do you pronounce "extensive"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extensive" is [ɛkstɛnˈziːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "extensive" come from?

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Using “extensive”

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-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ɛkstɛnˈziːvə] (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.