ambivalent
German, adjective/ʔambivaˈlɛnt/
ambivalent is spelled A-M-B-I-V-A-L-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ambivalent is a German adjective meaning “ambivalent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “doppelwertig”.
What does ambivalent mean in English?
adjective
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ambivalent
Seine Gefühle ihr gegenüber sind ambivalent, sowohl positiv als auch negativ.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. doppelwertig 2. widersprüchlich, zwiespältig
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 ambivalent
- ambivalenter masculine nominative singular
- am ambivalentesten superlative
- ambivalente feminine nominative singular
- ambivalentes neuter nominative singular
- ambivalenten genitive masculine singular
- ambivalentem dative masculine singular
- der ambivalente definite includes-article masculine
- die ambivalente definite feminine includes-article
- das ambivalente definite includes-article neuter
- die ambivalenten definite includes-article nominative
- des ambivalenten definite genitive includes-article
- der ambivalenten definite feminine genitive
- dem ambivalenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambivalent?
- /ʔambivaˈlɛnt/
- [ambivaˈlɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ambivalent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ambivalent in German?
ambivalent appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).