plosiv
German, adjective
plosiv is spelled P-L-O-S-I-V (6 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plosiv is a German adjective meaning “plosive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Plosiv is a different word: “plosive”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bezeichnung für die Artikulationsweise von Konsonanten, bei denen ein Verschluss gebildet und dann plötzlich…”.
What does plosiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
plosive
noun
- 1
masculineplosive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laut, der durch das explosive Ausströmen des Phonationsstromes, der zuvor gestoppt wurde, entsteht
adjective: 1. Bezeichnung für die Artikulationsweise von Konsonanten, bei denen ein Verschluss gebildet und dann plötzlich geöffnet wird
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 plosiv
- plosiver masculine nominative singular
- plosive feminine nominative singular
- plosives neuter nominative singular
- plosiven genitive masculine singular
- plosivem dative masculine singular
- der plosive definite includes-article masculine
- die plosive definite feminine includes-article
- das plosive definite includes-article neuter
- die plosiven definite includes-article nominative
- des plosiven definite genitive includes-article
- der plosiven definite feminine genitive
- dem plosiven dative definite includes-article
- den plosiven dative definite includes-article
- Plosive nominative plural
- Plosivs genitive singular
- Plosiven dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to plosiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plosiv in German?
plosiv appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).