repressiv
[ʁepʁɛˈsiːf]
The verdict
“repressiv” 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) - Unterdrückung, Repression ausübend
Corpus desk
Index DE-repressiv · repressiv · German
repressiv · 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 "R" 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 | repressiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁepʁɛˈsiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „repressiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
repressiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁepʁɛˈsiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unterdrückung, Repression ausübend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for repressiv, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is repressiv, spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-V.
Definition
- 1Unterdrückung, Repression ausübend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repressiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Polizei hat in der Strafverfolgung eine repressive Funktion.
Ein repressives System würde nicht funktionieren, wenn es nicht Menschen gäbe, die es umsetzen.
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.