obstinate
[ɔpstiˈnaːtə]
The verdict
“obstinate” 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) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
Corpus desk
Index DE-obstinate · obstinate · German
obstinate · 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 "O" 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 | obstinate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɔpstiˈnaːtə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „obstinate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
obstinate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔpstiˈnaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for obstinate in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is obstinate, spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 2Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 3Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 4Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 5Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 6Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 7Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 8Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
- 9Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs obstinat
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.