suggestiv

[zʊɡɛsˈtiːf]

/[zʊɡɛsˈtiːf]/ adj

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The verdict

“suggestiv” is uncommon German (frequency #85,907 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,907
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen nicht bewusst werdenden (unterschwelligen) Einfluss auf jemandes Einstellungen ausübend

Corpus desk

Index DE-suggestiv · suggestiv · German

suggestiv · rank #85,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,907
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH subversiv

Nearest frequency peer: subversiv (-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 „suggestiv“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „suggestiv“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suggestiv
PropertyValue
Headwordsuggestiv
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[zʊɡɛsˈtiːf]
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,907
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „suggestiv“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).suggestivfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „subversiv“ (#85,906), „Subtraktion“ (#85,905), „suspendieren“ (#85,909). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „suggestiv“ bei #85,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suggestiv is uncommon German at frequency #85,907 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zʊɡɛsˈtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen nicht bewusst werdenden (unterschwelligen) Einfluss auf jemandes Einstellungen ausübend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for suggestiv, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is suggestiv, spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen nicht bewusst werdenden (unterschwelligen) Einfluss auf jemandes Einstellungen ausübend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how suggestiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die suggestive Wirkung war unterschwellig.
  2. Man wollte suggestiv die Leute umstimmen.

Antonyms

deutlichklaroffenunverhohlen

This word in other languages

suggestive(English)suggestif(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suggestiv"?
"suggestiv" is spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-V. The IPA pronunciation is [zʊɡɛsˈtiːf].
What does "suggestiv" mean?
As an adjective, "suggestiv" means: einen nicht bewusst werdenden (unterschwelligen) Einfluss auf jemandes Einstellungen ausübend
How do you pronounce "suggestiv"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suggestiv" is [zʊɡɛsˈtiːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suggestiv" come from?
"suggestiv" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suggestiv", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

subversiv#85,906Sturmwind#85,901Südflügel#85,913stringent#85,894

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list