Rezitativ
[ʁet͡sitaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“Rezitativ” is uncommon German (frequency #86,982 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,982
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Art des Singens (besonders im Musiktheater), die ausschließlich von der gesprochenen Prosa ausgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-rezitativ · Rezitativ · German
Rezitativ · rank #86,982 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,982
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH reumütig
Nearest frequency peer: reumütig (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Rezitativ“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Rettungsring
Rettungsring
13,022 corpus weight
- Rettungsver…
Rettungsversuch
13,021 corpus weight
- reumütig
reumütig
13,020 corpus weight
- Rezitativ
Rezitativ
13,019 corpus weight
- rieben
rieben
13,017 corpus weight
- rigiden
rigiden
13,016 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rezitativ“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rezitativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁet͡sitaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rezitativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rezitativ is uncommon German at frequency #86,982 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁet͡sitaˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Art des Singens (besonders im Musiktheater), die ausschließlich von der gesprochenen Prosa ausgeht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rezitativ, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rezitativ, spelled R-E-Z-I-T-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1eine Art des Singens (besonders im Musiktheater), die ausschließlich von der gesprochenen Prosa ausgeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rezitativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Sprechgesang ersetzt nach Meinung der Franzosen sowohl den griechischen Chor wie auch unser Rezitativ, das sie verachten, aber nicht verachten würden, wenn sie unsere Sprache verstünden.“
„Weitere Gedanken zu Arie und Rezitativ folgen, denn auf die ist Wielands Singspielkonzept eingeschränkt.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).