ineffektiv
[ˈɪnʔɛfɛktiːf]
The verdict
“ineffektiv” is uncommon German (frequency #82,912 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,912
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne oder mit nur geringer Wirkung (im Verhältnis zum betriebenen Aufwand, zu den aufgewendeten Mitteln gesehen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-ineffektiv · ineffektiv · German
ineffektiv · rank #82,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,912
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Industriezweig
Nearest frequency peer: Industriezweig (-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 „ineffektiv“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- improvement
improvement
17,092 corpus weight
- indio
indio
17,091 corpus weight
- Industriezw…
Industriezweig
17,090 corpus weight
- ineffektiv
ineffektiv
17,089 corpus weight
- Infanterier…
Infanterieregiment
17,088 corpus weight
- Initiatorin
Initiatorin
17,086 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ineffektiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ineffektiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɪnʔɛfɛktiːf] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ineffektiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ineffektiv is uncommon German at frequency #82,912 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪnʔɛfɛktiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne oder mit nur geringer Wirkung (im Verhältnis zum betriebenen Aufwand, zu den aufgewendeten Mitteln gesehen)".
ineffektiv has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ineffektiv, spelled I-N-E-F-F-E-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1ohne oder mit nur geringer Wirkung (im Verhältnis zum betriebenen Aufwand, zu den aufgewendeten Mitteln gesehen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ineffektiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist ziemlich ineffektiv, grundsätzlich nur eine Flasche Bier zu kaufen, wenn man pro Woche einen ganzen Kasten trinkt.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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