Appellativum
German, noun/apɛlaˈtiːvʊm/
Appellativum is spelled A-P-P-E-L-L-A-T-I-V-U-M (12 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written German, the 618,004th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appellativum is a German neuter noun meaning “appellative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gleichbedeutend mit Nomen appellativum; lateinische Bezeichnung für Gattungsname. Im Gegensatz von Eigennamen…”.
What does Appellativum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterappellative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gleichbedeutend mit Nomen appellativum; lateinische Bezeichnung für Gattungsname. Im Gegensatz von Eigennamen bezeichnen Appellativa Mengen gleichartiger Gegenstände.
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 Appellativum
- Appellativums genitive
- Appellativa plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Appellativum?
- /apɛlaˈtiːvʊm/
- [apɛlaˈtiːvʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Appellativum in German?
Appellativum appears about once in every 95 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).