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dekorativ

German, adjective[dekoʁaˈtiːf]

dekorativ is spelled D-E-K-O-R-A-T-I-V (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dekorativ is a German adjective meaning “decorative, ornamental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas gut aussehen lassend, schmückend”.

What does dekorativ mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    decorative, ornamental

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. etwas gut aussehen lassend, schmückend

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 dekorativ

  • dekorativer masculine nominative singular
  • am dekorativsten superlative
  • dekorative feminine nominative singular
  • dekoratives neuter nominative singular
  • dekorativen genitive masculine singular
  • dekorativem dative masculine singular
  • der dekorative definite includes-article masculine
  • die dekorative definite feminine includes-article
  • das dekorative definite includes-article neuter
  • die dekorativen definite includes-article nominative
  • des dekorativen definite genitive includes-article
  • der dekorativen definite feminine genitive
  • dem dekorativen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dekorativ?

  • [dekoʁaˈtiːf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dekorativ

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is dekorativ in German?

dekorativ appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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