Bestimmungswort
German, noun[bəˈʃtɪmʊŋsˌvɔʁt]
Bestimmungswort is spelled B-E-S-T-I-M-M-U-N-G-S-W-O-R-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestimmungswort is a German neuter noun meaning “determiner (e.g. in grammar an adjective can be referred to as Bestimmungswort of the noun and the adverb as Bestimmungswort of the verb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Teil einer Zusammensetzung (eines Determinativkompositums), durch den das Grundwort eine spezielle…”.
What does Bestimmungswort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdeterminer (e.g. in grammar an adjective can be referred to as Bestimmungswort of the noun and the adverb as Bestimmungswort of the verb)
- 2
neuterdeterminans or modifier in a compound (e.g. Bestimmung is the determinans of Bestimmungswort)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Teil einer Zusammensetzung (eines Determinativkompositums), durch den das Grundwort eine spezielle Bedeutung erhält
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 Bestimmungswort
- Bestimmungswortes genitive
- Bestimmungsworts genitive
- Bestimmungwörter plural
- Bestimmungsworte dative singular
- Bestimmungwörtern dative definite plural
- BW abbreviation
- Bestimmungswörter nominative plural
- Bestimmungswörtern dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bestimmungswort?
- [bəˈʃtɪmʊŋsˌvɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bestimmungswort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bestimmungswort in German?
Bestimmungswort appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).