transitiv
[ˈtʁanziˌtiːf]
The verdict
“transitiv” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Akkusativobjekt mit sich ziehend (bei Verben)
Corpus desk
Index DE-transitiv · transitiv · German
transitiv · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | transitiv |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtʁanziˌtiːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „transitiv“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
transitiv is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʁanziˌtiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for transitiv, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is transitiv, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-T-I-V.
Definition
- 1ein Akkusativobjekt mit sich ziehend (bei Verben)
- 2eine zweistellige Relation R heißt transitiv, wenn aus a R b und b R c stets a R c folgt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transitiv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sehen“ ist ein transitives Verb.
Typische transitive Relationen sind die Ordnungsrelationen: Aus a > b und b > c etwa folgt immer a > c.
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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.