bivalent
German, adjective[ˈbiːvaˌlɛnt]
bivalent is spelled B-I-V-A-L-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bivalent is a German adjective meaning “bivalent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwei unterschiedliche Komponenten verwendend, beinhaltend”.
What does bivalent mean in English?
adjective
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bivalent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zwei unterschiedliche Komponenten verwendend, beinhaltend 2. zu einer chemischen Bindung mit zwei Atomen fähig 3. zwei obligatorische Aktanten habend 4. gleichzeitig gegen zwei unterschiedliche Erreger immunisierend
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 bivalent
- bivalenter masculine nominative singular
- bivalente feminine nominative singular
- bivalentes neuter nominative singular
- bivalenten genitive masculine singular
- bivalentem dative masculine singular
- der bivalente definite includes-article masculine
- die bivalente definite feminine includes-article
- das bivalente definite includes-article neuter
- die bivalenten definite includes-article nominative
- des bivalenten definite genitive includes-article
- der bivalenten definite feminine genitive
- dem bivalenten dative definite includes-article
- den bivalenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bivalent?
- [ˈbiːvaˌlɛnt]
- [bivaˈlɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bivalent in German?
bivalent appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).