Injektiv
[ɪnjɛkˈtiːf]
The verdict
“Injektiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders in afrikanischen Dialekten verbreiteter Verschlusslaut, bei dessen Artikulation Luft angesaugt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-injektiv · Injektiv · German
Injektiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Injektiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪnjɛkˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Injektiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Injektiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪnjɛkˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders in afrikanischen Dialekten verbreiteter Verschlusslaut, bei dessen Artikulation Luft angesaugt wird".
Injektiv has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Injektiv, spelled I-N-J-E-K-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1besonders in afrikanischen Dialekten verbreiteter Verschlusslaut, bei dessen Artikulation Luft angesaugt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Injektiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Injektiv ist ein Laut, der auf ganz bestimmte Art und Weise entsteht.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.