postoperativ
[ˈpɔstʔopəʁaˌtiːf]
The verdict
“postoperativ” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf einen chirurgischen Eingriff folgend
Corpus desk
Index DE-postoperativ · postoperativ · German
postoperativ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | postoperativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstʔopəʁaˌtiːf] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „postoperativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
postoperativ is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɔstʔopəʁaˌtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf einen chirurgischen Eingriff folgend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for postoperativ, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is postoperativ, spelled P-O-S-T-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1auf einen chirurgischen Eingriff folgend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postoperativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Arzneien der alten Kelena hatten das postoperative Fieber gebannt.“
„Bob erzählte mir von postoperativer Hormontherapie.“
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.