kontraintuitiv
[ˈkɔntʁaʔɪntuiˌtiːf]
The verdict
“kontraintuitiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entgegen der Intuition oder dem gesunden Menschenverstand; der Intuition widersprechend; schwer zu verstehen, nicht eingängig
Corpus desk
Index DE-kontraintuitiv · kontraintuitiv · German
kontraintuitiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | kontraintuitiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɔntʁaʔɪntuiˌtiːf] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kontraintuitiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kontraintuitiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkɔntʁaʔɪntuiˌtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "entgegen der Intuition oder dem gesunden Menschenverstand; der Intuition widersprechend; schwer zu verstehen, nicht eingängig".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kontraintuitiv, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kontraintuitiv, spelled K-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-T-U-I-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1entgegen der Intuition oder dem gesunden Menschenverstand; der Intuition widersprechend; schwer zu verstehen, nicht eingängig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kontraintuitiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Vorgehensweise wirkt zunächst kontraintuitiv, erweist sich jedoch als äußerst effizient und durchdacht.
Diese Fälle werden vielfach als kontraintuitiv empfunden und werden daher oft Paradoxien der materialen Implikation genannt.
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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.