effektiv
German, adjective/ɛfɛkˈtiːf/
effektiv is spelled E-F-F-E-K-T-I-V (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Effektiv is a German adjective meaning “effective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Fähigkeit besitzend, eine Aufgabe erfolgreich zu erledigen”.
What does effektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
effective
- 2
actual
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Fähigkeit besitzend, eine Aufgabe erfolgreich zu erledigen 2. sich tatsächlich feststellen lassend, wirklich
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 effektiv
- effektiver masculine nominative singular
- am effektivsten superlative
- effektive feminine nominative singular
- effektives neuter nominative singular
- effektiven genitive masculine singular
- effektivem dative masculine singular
- der effektive definite includes-article masculine
- die effektive definite feminine includes-article
- das effektive definite includes-article neuter
- die effektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des effektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der effektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem effektiven dative definite includes-article
- effectiv obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effektiv?
- /ɛfɛkˈtiːf/
- [ɛfɛkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effektiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is effektiv in German?
effektiv appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).