obsessiv
German, adjective/ɔpsɛˈsiːf/
obsessiv is spelled O-B-S-E-S-S-I-V (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obsessiv is a German adjective meaning “obsessive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem Gedanken/einer Idee extrem eingenommen”.
What does obsessiv mean in English?
adjective
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obsessive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von einem Gedanken/einer Idee extrem eingenommen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obsessiv
- obsessiver masculine nominative singular
- am obsessivsten superlative
- obsessive feminine nominative singular
- obsessives neuter nominative singular
- obsessiven genitive masculine singular
- obsessivem dative masculine singular
- der obsessive definite includes-article masculine
- die obsessive definite feminine includes-article
- das obsessive definite includes-article neuter
- die obsessiven definite includes-article nominative
- des obsessiven definite genitive includes-article
- der obsessiven definite feminine genitive
- dem obsessiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obsessiv?
- /ɔpsɛˈsiːf/
- [ɔpz̥ɛˈsiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obsessiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obsessiv in German?
obsessiv appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).