rezessiv
[ʁet͡sɛˈsiːf]
The verdict
“rezessiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Merkmalsausprägung von anderen, sogenannten dominanten Allelen überdeckt
Corpus desk
Index DE-rezessiv · rezessiv · German
rezessiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | rezessiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁet͡sɛˈsiːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rezessiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rezessiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁet͡sɛˈsiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rezessiv has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rezessiv, spelled R-E-Z-E-S-S-I-V.
Definition
- 1in der Merkmalsausprägung von anderen, sogenannten dominanten Allelen überdeckt
- 2zurückgehend, im Rückgang begriffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rezessiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Blutgruppe 0 wird rezessiv vererbt - man kann sie nur erhalten, wenn beide Eltern ebenfalls Blutgruppe 0 haben.
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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.