Indikativ
[ˈɪndikatiːf]
The verdict
“Indikativ” is uncommon German (frequency #78,143 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,143
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grammatische Kategorie: einer der modi: Wirklichkeitsform des Verbs; dient zum Ausdruck von etwas, das in der zugrundeliegenden Proposition als gegeben vorausgesetzt wird.
Corpus desk
Index DE-indikativ · Indikativ · German
Indikativ · rank #78,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,143
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH incident
Nearest frequency peer: incident (-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 „Indikativ“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Immobilienb…
Immobilienblase
21,861 corpus weight
- incident
incident
21,859 corpus weight
- Indikativ
Indikativ
21,858 corpus weight
- Industriebe…
Industriebetrieben
21,857 corpus weight
- Information…
Informationsstelle
21,856 corpus weight
- inhuman
inhuman
21,855 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Indikativ“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indikativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪndikatiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Indikativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Indikativ is uncommon German at frequency #78,143 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪndikatiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grammatische Kategorie: einer der modi: Wirklichkeitsform des Verbs; dient zum Ausdruck von etwas, das in der zugrundeliegenden Proposition als gegeben vorausgesetzt wird.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Indikativ, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Indikativ, spelled I-N-D-I-K-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1grammatische Kategorie: einer der modi: Wirklichkeitsform des Verbs; dient zum Ausdruck von etwas, das in der zugrundeliegenden Proposition als gegeben vorausgesetzt wird.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Indikativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Verben in den Sätzen "Ich gehe." und "Wir essen." stehen im Indikativ.
„Es gibt freilich eine Entschuldigung für diese falsche Wirklichkeitsform (Indikativ)…“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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