impulsive

[ˌɪmpʊlˈziːvə]

/[ˌɪmpʊlˈziːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“impulsive” is uncommon German (frequency #93,101 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,101
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs impulsiv

Corpus desk

Index DE-impulsive · impulsive · German

impulsive · rank #93,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,101
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH implodieren

Nearest frequency peer: implodieren (-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 „impulsive“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for impulsive
PropertyValue
Headwordimpulsive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɪmpʊlˈziːvə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,101
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „impulsive“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.impulsivefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „implodieren“ (#93,100), „indizierte“ (#93,102), „imaginär“ (#93,098). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „impulsive“ bei #93,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

impulsive is uncommon German at frequency #93,101 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɪmpʊlˈziːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

impulsive has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is impulsive, spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-V-E.

Definition

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

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 "impulsive"?
"impulsive" is spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɪmpʊlˈziːvə].
What does "impulsive" mean?
As an adjective, "impulsive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs impulsiv
How do you pronounce "impulsive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "impulsive" is [ˌɪmpʊlˈziːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

iberische#93,090jubelnden#93,120Häftlings#93,081Hurrikans#93,079

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list