Präservativ
[pʁɛzɛʁvaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“Präservativ” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine meist aus Latex bestehende Hülle, die vor dem Geschlechtsverkehr über das männliche Glied gestreift wird, um vor Schwangerschaften und sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten zu schützen
Corpus desk
Index DE-praservativ · Präservativ · German
Präservativ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Präservativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɛzɛʁvaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Präservativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Präservativ is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɛzɛʁvaˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine meist aus Latex bestehende Hülle, die vor dem Geschlechtsverkehr über das männliche Glied gestreift wird, um vor Schwangerschaften und sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten zu schützen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Präservativ in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Präservativ, spelled P-R-Ä-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1eine meist aus Latex bestehende Hülle, die vor dem Geschlechtsverkehr über das männliche Glied gestreift wird, um vor Schwangerschaften und sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten zu schützen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Präservativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tina, was kosten die Präservative?
„Was das Präservativ anbetrifft, so schien seine Zeit auch wegen des Penizillins, das die Syphilis besiegt hatte, abgelaufen.“
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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.