aktiv
German, adjective
aktiv is spelled A-K-T-I-V (5 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written German, the 1,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aktiv is a German adjective meaning “active” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aktiv is a different word: “active voice (the form in which the subject of a verb carries out…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer bestimmten Hinsicht tätig, engagiert”.
What does aktiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
active
stark aktiv
- 2
active
noun
- 1
neuteractive voice (the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action)
- 2
neuteractive verb
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer bestimmten Hinsicht tätig, engagiert 2. radioaktive Strahlen aussendend 3. als Mitglied engagiert beteiligt 4. in Betrieb befindlich
noun: 1. eine der Diathesen/Genera verbi, Tatform, Tätigkeitsform
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 aktiv
- aktiver masculine nominative singular
- am aktivsten superlative
- aktive feminine nominative singular
- aktives neuter nominative singular
- aktiven genitive masculine singular
- aktivem dative masculine singular
- der aktive definite includes-article masculine
- die aktive definite feminine includes-article
- das aktive definite includes-article neuter
- die aktiven definite includes-article nominative
- des aktiven definite genitive includes-article
- der aktiven definite feminine genitive
- dem aktiven dative definite includes-article
- akt. abbreviation
- Aktive nominative plural
- Aktivs genitive singular
- Aktiven dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aktiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aktiv in German?
aktiv appears 78 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).