investigativ
[ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“investigativ” is uncommon German (frequency #66,359 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,359
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verborgene Fakten durch Recherchen aufdeckend
Corpus desk
Index DE-investigativ · investigativ · German
investigativ · rank #66,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,359
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH intuitiven
Nearest frequency peer: intuitiven (-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 „investigativ“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Internierun…
Internierungslager
33,645 corpus weight
- Interpunkti…
Interpunktion
33,644 corpus weight
- intuitiven
intuitiven
33,643 corpus weight
- investigativ
investigativ
33,642 corpus weight
- Irena
Irena
33,641 corpus weight
- islamistisch
islamistisch
33,640 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „investigativ“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | investigativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #66,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „investigativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
investigativ is uncommon German at frequency #66,359 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnvɛstiɡaˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verborgene Fakten durch Recherchen aufdeckend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for investigativ in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 investigativ, spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1verborgene Fakten durch Recherchen aufdeckend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how investigativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Investigativer Journalismus ist eine Art des Journalismus, bei der einem bestimmten Thema/Ereignis untersuchend nachgegangen wird. Die Hintergründe eines Ereignisses werden recherchiert, weniger Offensichtliches aufgedeckt und miteinander in Zusammenhang gebracht.
Um Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen, braucht man investigative Journalisten, die Zeugen und Dokumente auftreiben.
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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