sedativ
[zedaˈtiːf]
The verdict
“sedativ” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine beruhigende, einschläfernde oder auch schmerzstillende Wirkung habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sedativ · sedativ · German
sedativ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sedativ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zedaˈtiːf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sedativ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sedativ is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zedaˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine beruhigende, einschläfernde oder auch schmerzstillende Wirkung habend".
sedativ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sedativ, spelled S-E-D-A-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1eine beruhigende, einschläfernde oder auch schmerzstillende Wirkung habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sedativ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihre Hymnen sowie deren verächtlich vorgetragenen Texte zerstörten jedoch, zumindest in unserer Lesart, die allgemein vorherrschende sedative Melange aus Schlager und Militärmusik.“
„Die Vorteile des neuen Medikamentes lagen darin, dass es leicht herstellbar war, gut sedativ wirkte und wenig Nebenwirkungen aufwies, auch nicht den vom Chloroform bekannten und gefürchteten Rausch.“
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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.