passivisch
[paˈsiːvɪʃ]
The verdict
“passivisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Passiv betreffend, im Passiv stehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-passivisch · passivisch · German
passivisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | passivisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [paˈsiːvɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „passivisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
passivisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [paˈsiːvɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Passiv betreffend, im Passiv stehend".
Zero misspellings are on record for passivisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is passivisch, spelled P-A-S-S-I-V-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1das Passiv betreffend, im Passiv stehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how passivisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So läßt es sich eigentlich nur passivisch formulieren, daß das Leben vom Tod umfangen wird.“
Antonyms
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.