perkussiv
German, adjective/pɛʁkʊˈsiːf/
perkussiv is spelled P-E-R-K-U-S-S-I-V (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perkussiv is a German adjective meaning “percussive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit sehr kurzem Einschwingverhalten”.
What does perkussiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
percussive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit sehr kurzem Einschwingverhalten
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 perkussiv
- perkussiver masculine nominative singular
- am perkussivsten superlative
- perkussive feminine nominative singular
- perkussives neuter nominative singular
- perkussiven genitive masculine singular
- perkussivem dative masculine singular
- der perkussive definite includes-article masculine
- die perkussive definite feminine includes-article
- das perkussive definite includes-article neuter
- die perkussiven definite includes-article nominative
- des perkussiven definite genitive includes-article
- der perkussiven definite feminine genitive
- dem perkussiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perkussiv?
- /pɛʁkʊˈsiːf/
- [pɛʁkʊˈsiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perkussiv in German?
perkussiv appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).