affektiv
German, adjective[afɛkˈtiːf]
affektiv is spelled A-F-F-E-K-T-I-V (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affektiv is a German adjective meaning “affective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch heftige Gefühlsäußerungen gekennzeichnet, überschnell und reflexartig (Vergleiche auch Affekt)”.
What does affektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
affective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch heftige Gefühlsäußerungen gekennzeichnet, überschnell und reflexartig (Vergleiche auch Affekt)
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 affektiv
- affektiver masculine nominative singular
- am affektivsten superlative
- affektive feminine nominative singular
- affektives neuter nominative singular
- affektiven genitive masculine singular
- affektivem dative masculine singular
- der affektive definite includes-article masculine
- die affektive definite feminine includes-article
- das affektive definite includes-article neuter
- die affektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des affektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der affektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem affektiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce affektiv?
- [afɛkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is affektiv in German?
affektiv appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).