degenerativ
German, adjective/deɡeneʁaˈtiːf/
degenerativ is spelled D-E-G-E-N-E-R-A-T-I-V (11 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degenerativ is a German adjective meaning “degenerative, decaying, morbid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf Degeneration beruhend; rückbildende, abbauende, verfallende, zerstörerische oder krankhafte Erscheinungen…”.
What does degenerativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
degenerative, decaying, morbid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf Degeneration beruhend; rückbildende, abbauende, verfallende, zerstörerische oder krankhafte Erscheinungen mit negativen Folgen
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 degenerativ
- degenerativer masculine nominative singular
- am degenerativsten superlative
- degenerative feminine nominative singular
- degeneratives neuter nominative singular
- degenerativen genitive masculine singular
- degenerativem dative masculine singular
- der degenerative definite includes-article masculine
- die degenerative definite feminine includes-article
- das degenerative definite includes-article neuter
- die degenerativen definite includes-article nominative
- des degenerativen definite genitive includes-article
- der degenerativen definite feminine genitive
- dem degenerativen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degenerativ?
- /deɡeneʁaˈtiːf/
- [deɡeneʁaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to degenerativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is degenerativ in German?
degenerativ appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).