Ergativ
German, noun/ˈɛʁɡatiːf/
Ergativ is spelled E-R-G-A-T-I-V (7 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergativ is a German masculine noun meaning “ergative case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kasus des Agens transitiver Verben in Ergativsprachen”.
What does Ergativ mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineergative case
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kasus des Agens transitiver Verben in Ergativsprachen 2. einer der Tiefenkasus in der Kasusgrammatik; er steht für den Verursacher dessen, was im Satz berichtet wird
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 Ergativ
- Ergativs genitive
- Ergative plural
- Ergativen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ergativ?
- /ˈɛʁɡatiːf/
- [ˈɛʁɡatiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ergativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ergativ in German?
Ergativ appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).