jive

[dʒaɪ̯v]

/[dʒaɪ̯v]/ noun

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The verdict

“jive” is uncommon German (frequency #93,118 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,118
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jive, Swingmusik

Corpus desk

Index DE-jive · jive · German

jive · rank #93,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,118
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jobber

Nearest frequency peer: Jobber (+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 „jive“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „jive“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jive
PropertyValue
Headwordjive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dʒaɪ̯v]
Letters4
Frequency rank#93,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „jive“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).jivefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Jobber“ (#93,119), „Jauche“ (#93,116), „jubelnden“ (#93,120). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „jive“ bei #93,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jive is uncommon German at frequency #93,118 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dʒaɪ̯v]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jive, Swingmusik".

No generated misspelling entries exist for jive in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is jive, spelled J-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jive, Swingmusik

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Let's do the jive!

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jive"?
"jive" is spelled J-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dʒaɪ̯v].
What does "jive" mean?
As a noun, "jive" means: Jive, Swingmusik
How do you pronounce "jive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jive" is [dʒaɪ̯v]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jive" come from?
"jive" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Isen#93,113Ikon#93,096kona#93,162kone#93,164

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list