generativ
[ɡeneʁaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“generativ” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf das Fortpflanzungsverhalten bezogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-generativ · generativ · German
generativ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | generativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡeneʁaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „generativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
generativ is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡeneʁaˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
generativ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 generativ, spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1auf das Fortpflanzungsverhalten bezogen
- 2auf die Erzeugung von Sätzen bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how generativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erste Ergebnisse deuten an, daß es eine kleine Gruppe politischer Protagonisten gab, deren politisches wie generatives Verhalten den propagierten Gefährtenidealen des Vormärz nahekommt.“
In der Linguistik bedeutete der Übergang von der strukturalistischen zur generativen Grammatik einen Wendepunkt.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.