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administrativ

German, adjective/atminɪstʁaˈtiːf/

administrativ is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Administrativ is a German adjective meaning “administrative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Verwaltung betreffend”.

What does administrativ mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    administrative

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Verwaltung betreffend

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 administrativ

  • administrativer masculine nominative singular
  • administrative feminine nominative singular
  • administratives neuter nominative singular
  • administrativen genitive masculine singular
  • administrativem dative masculine singular
  • der administrative definite includes-article masculine
  • die administrative definite feminine includes-article
  • das administrative definite includes-article neuter
  • die administrativen definite includes-article nominative
  • des administrativen definite genitive includes-article
  • der administrativen definite feminine genitive
  • dem administrativen dative definite includes-article
  • den administrativen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce administrativ?

  • /atminɪstʁaˈtiːf/
  • [atminɪstʁaˈtiːf]

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

English words that translate to administrativ

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is administrativ in German?

administrativ appears about once in every 3 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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