Infinitiv
[ˈɪnfinitiːf]
The verdict
“Infinitiv” is uncommon German (frequency #58,896 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,896
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbform, die durch Person, Numerus und Modus nicht bestimmt ist; Grundform, Nennform
Corpus desk
Index DE-infinitiv · Infinitiv · German
Infinitiv · rank #58,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,896
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH imaging
Nearest frequency peer: imaging (-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 „Infinitiv“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ideelle
ideelle
41,108 corpus weight
- Iduna
Iduna
41,107 corpus weight
- imaging
imaging
41,106 corpus weight
- Infinitiv
Infinitiv
41,105 corpus weight
- infizierter
infizierter
41,104 corpus weight
- Ingenieurin
Ingenieurin
41,103 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Infinitiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Infinitiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɪnfinitiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Infinitiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Infinitiv is uncommon German at frequency #58,896 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɪnfinitiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verbform, die durch Person, Numerus und Modus nicht bestimmt ist; Grundform, Nennform".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Infinitiv, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Infinitiv, spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1Verbform, die durch Person, Numerus und Modus nicht bestimmt ist; Grundform, Nennform
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Infinitiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deutsche Verben werden in Wörterbüchern in der Infinitiv-Form angeführt.
„Spielen“ ist ein Infinitiv.
Antonyms
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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