kapazitiv
[ˌkapat͡siˈtiːf]
The verdict
“kapazitiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insbesondere von Kondensatoren; die Kapazität betreffend, auf der Kapazität basierend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kapazitiv · kapazitiv · German
kapazitiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kapazitiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌkapat͡siˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kapazitiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kapazitiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌkapat͡siˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "insbesondere von Kondensatoren; die Kapazität betreffend, auf der Kapazität basierend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kapazitiv, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 kapazitiv, spelled K-A-P-A-Z-I-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1insbesondere von Kondensatoren; die Kapazität betreffend, auf der Kapazität basierend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kapazitiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein kapazitiver Näherungsschalter ist ein Näherungsschalter, der berührungsfrei - das heißt ohne direkten Kontakt - auf Annäherung eines […] Gegenstandes […] mit einem elektrischen Schaltsignal reagiert.“
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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.