dispositiv
German, adjective
dispositiv is spelled D-I-S-P-O-S-I-T-I-V (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dispositiv is a German adjective meaning “being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dispositiv is a different word: “arrangement, measures, plans”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “anordnend, verfügend, abdingbar”.
What does dispositiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties, as in ius dispositivum
- 2
disposition, planning
noun
- 1
neuterarrangement, measures, plans
- 2
Switzerlandneuteroperative part of a court order
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anordnend, verfügend, abdingbar 2. auf Disposition (Anordnung, Planung) bezogen
noun: 1. Vorhaben, Absichtserklärung 2. Gesamtheit aller für einen Einsatz zur Disposition stehenden Personen und Mittel, allenfalls auch Triebe und Ideen 3. auf eine kurze Formel gebrachter Inhalt einer Verfügung, eines Entscheids, eines Beschlusses, eines Urteils oder einer Erklärung
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 dispositiv
- dispositiver masculine nominative singular
- dispositive feminine nominative singular
- dispositives neuter nominative singular
- dispositiven genitive masculine singular
- dispositivem dative masculine singular
- der dispositive definite includes-article masculine
- die dispositive definite feminine includes-article
- das dispositive definite includes-article neuter
- die dispositiven definite includes-article nominative
- des dispositiven definite genitive includes-article
- der dispositiven definite feminine genitive
- dem dispositiven dative definite includes-article
- den dispositiven dative definite includes-article
- Dispositive nominative plural
- Dispositivs genitive singular
- Dispositiven dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is dispositiv in German?
dispositiv appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).