Infinitiv

/[ˈɪnfinitiːf]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#58,896

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Infinitiv is aGermannoun. It means: Verbform, die durch Person, Numerus und Modus nicht bestimmt ist; Grundform, Nennform Pronounced [ˈɪnfinitiːf].

Key facts for Infinitiv
PropertyValue
HeadwordInfinitiv
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪnfinitiːf]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,896
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Infinitiv in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Infinitiv is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪnfinitiːf]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,896 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verbform, die durch Person, Numerus und Modus nicht bestimmt ist; Grundform, Nennform".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Infinitiv in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Infinitiv, spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-V, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verbform, die durch Person, Numerus und Modus nicht bestimmt ist; Grundform, Nennform

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Frequency rank: #58,896 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Infinitiv"?
"Infinitiv" is spelled I-N-F-I-N-I-T-I-V. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnfinitiːf].
What does "Infinitiv" mean?
As a noun, "Infinitiv" means: Verbform, die durch Person, Numerus und Modus nicht bestimmt ist; Grundform, Nennform
How do you pronounce "Infinitiv"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Infinitiv" is [ˈɪnfinitiːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Infinitiv" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.