fakultativ
German, adjective[ˌfakʊltaˈtiːf]
fakultativ is spelled F-A-K-U-L-T-A-T-I-V (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fakultativ is a German adjective meaning “optional, facultative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “möglich, aber nicht zwingend erforderlich; freiwillig”.
What does fakultativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
optional, facultative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. möglich, aber nicht zwingend erforderlich; freiwillig 2. so, dass man es im Satzzusammenhang einsetzen kann, aber nicht einsetzen muss
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 fakultativ
- fakultativer masculine nominative singular
- fakultative feminine nominative singular
- fakultatives neuter nominative singular
- fakultativen genitive masculine singular
- fakultativem dative masculine singular
- der fakultative definite includes-article masculine
- die fakultative definite feminine includes-article
- das fakultative definite includes-article neuter
- die fakultativen definite includes-article nominative
- des fakultativen definite genitive includes-article
- der fakultativen definite feminine genitive
- dem fakultativen dative definite includes-article
- den fakultativen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fakultativ?
- [ˌfakʊltaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fakultativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fakultativ in German?
fakultativ appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).