possessiv
[ˌpɔsɛˈsiːf]
The verdict
“possessiv” 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) - auf die Zugehörigkeit einer Person oder Sache zu einer anderen Person oder Sache hinweisend, besitzanzeigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-possessiv · possessiv · German
possessiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | possessiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌpɔsɛˈsiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „possessiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
possessiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌpɔsɛˈsiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf die Zugehörigkeit einer Person oder Sache zu einer anderen Person oder Sache hinweisend, besitzanzeigend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for possessiv, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is possessiv, spelled P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-V.
Definition
- 1auf die Zugehörigkeit einer Person oder Sache zu einer anderen Person oder Sache hinweisend, besitzanzeigend
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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.