Genetiv
[ˈɡeːnetiːf]
The verdict
“Genetiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grammatischer Fall, in welchem das Objekt bestimmter intransitiver Verben, bestimmte nominale Attribute und bestimmte adverbiale Fügungen stehen; Genitiv
Corpus desk
Index DE-genetiv · Genetiv · German
Genetiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Genetiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːnetiːf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Genetiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Genetiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡeːnetiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grammatischer Fall, in welchem das Objekt bestimmter intransitiver Verben, bestimmte nominale Attribute und bestimmte adverbiale Fügungen stehen; Genitiv".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Genetiv, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 Genetiv, spelled G-E-N-E-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1grammatischer Fall, in welchem das Objekt bestimmter intransitiver Verben, bestimmte nominale Attribute und bestimmte adverbiale Fügungen stehen; Genitiv
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Genetiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist ein klassischer Fall von Bastian-Sickness, den Genetiv selbst da zu verwenden, wo der Dativ mal richtig wäre.
Aber dann möge die Petition sich bitte selbst ernst nehmen, wie oben gesagt, die Gesetze genau bezeichnen – und bitte anständiges Deutsch schreiben – der Dativ ist dem Genetiv sein Tod.
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.