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sensitiv

German, adjective/zɛnziˈtiːf/

sensitiv is spelled S-E-N-S-I-T-I-V (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sensitiv is a German adjective meaning “sensitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “empfindlich bis überempfindlich”.

What does sensitiv mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    sensitive

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. empfindlich bis überempfindlich

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of sensitiv

  • sensitiver masculine nominative singular
  • am sensitivsten superlative
  • sensitive feminine nominative singular
  • sensitives neuter nominative singular
  • sensitiven genitive masculine singular
  • sensitivem dative masculine singular
  • der sensitive definite includes-article masculine
  • die sensitive definite feminine includes-article
  • das sensitive definite includes-article neuter
  • die sensitiven definite includes-article nominative
  • des sensitiven definite genitive includes-article
  • der sensitiven definite feminine genitive
  • dem sensitiven dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sensitiv?

  • /zɛnziˈtiːf/
  • [zɛnziˈtiːf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is sensitiv in German?

sensitiv appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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