inaktive

[ˈɪnʔaktiːvə]

/[ˈɪnʔaktiːvə]/ adj

The verdict

“inaktive” is uncommon German (frequency #76,919 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,919
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 inaktiv

Corpus desk

Index DE-inaktive · inaktive · German

inaktive · rank #76,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,919
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Immobilienbra…

Nearest frequency peer: Immobilienbranche (-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 „inaktive“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inaktive
PropertyValue
Headwordinaktive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɪnʔaktiːvə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,919
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „inaktive“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Immobilienbranche“ (#76,918), „Indonesiens“ (#76,920), „Immergrünen“ (#76,917). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „inaktive“ bei #76,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inaktive is uncommon German at frequency #76,919 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪnʔaktiːvə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for inaktive in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is inaktive, spelled I-N-A-K-T-I-V-E.

Definition

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

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 "inaktive"?
"inaktive" is spelled I-N-A-K-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnʔaktiːvə].
What does "inaktive" mean?
As an adjective, "inaktive" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs inaktiv
How do you pronounce "inaktive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inaktive" is [ˈɪnʔaktiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inaktive" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list