exzessiv

[ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːf]

/[ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːf]/ adj

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The verdict

“exzessiv” is uncommon German (frequency #60,548 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,548
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in hohem Maße übertrieben

Corpus desk

Index DE-exzessiv · exzessiv · German

exzessiv · rank #60,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,548
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Exposé

Nearest frequency peer: Exposé (-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 „exzessiv“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „exzessiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exzessiv
PropertyValue
Headwordexzessiv
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːf]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,548
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „exzessiv“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).exzessivfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Exposé“ (#60,547), „Fadens“ (#60,550), „ets“ (#60,544). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „exzessiv“ bei #60,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exzessiv is uncommon German at frequency #60,548 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in hohem Maße übertrieben".

No misspelling variants are generated for exzessiv in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 exzessiv, spelled E-X-Z-E-S-S-I-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    in hohem Maße übertrieben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exzessiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Feier wuchs sich zu einer exzessiven Orgie aus.
  2. „Demnach sollten auch die Banken laut FMA jetzt Gewinne thesaurieren und auf exzessive Ausschüttungen verzichten.“

Antonyms

zurückhaltend

This word in other languages

excessive(English)excesivo(Español)excessif(Français)

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 "exzessiv"?
"exzessiv" is spelled E-X-Z-E-S-S-I-V. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːf].
What does "exzessiv" mean?
As an adjective, "exzessiv" means: in hohem Maße übertrieben
How do you pronounce "exzessiv"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exzessiv" is [ˌɛkst͡sɛˈsiːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exzessiv" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exzessiv", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fettsack#60,560erholsam#60,534Funkhaus#60,587geangelt#60,594

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list