Appellativ
German, noun/apɛlaˈtiːf/
Appellativ is spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-I-V (10 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appellativ is a German masculine noun meaning “synonym of Appellativum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bezeichnung für eine Klasse von Personen, Tieren, Pflanzen oder Gegenständen”.
What does Appellativ mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of Appellativum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bezeichnung für eine Klasse von Personen, Tieren, Pflanzen oder Gegenständen
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 Appellativ
- Appellativs genitive
- Appellative plural
- Appellativen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Appellativ?
- /apɛlaˈtiːf/
- [apɛlaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Appellativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Appellativ in German?
Appellativ appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).