formativ
German, adjective[fɔʁmaˈtiːf]
formativ is spelled F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written German, the 482,822nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formativ is a German adjective meaning “formative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does formativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rareformative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausdrucksseite/Formseite eines Morphems (Bloomfield) 2. abstrakte syntaktische Einheit, die in die Endkette (terminale Kette) der Ableitung einer Satzstruktur eingesetzt wird 3. Morphem, das der Wortbildung dient
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 formativ
- formativer masculine nominative singular
- am formativsten superlative
- formative feminine nominative singular
- formatives neuter nominative singular
- formativen genitive masculine singular
- formativem dative masculine singular
- der formative definite includes-article masculine
- die formative definite feminine includes-article
- das formative definite includes-article neuter
- die formativen definite includes-article nominative
- des formativen definite genitive includes-article
- der formativen definite feminine genitive
- dem formativen dative definite includes-article
- Formative nominative plural
- Formativs genitive singular
- Formativen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formativ?
- [fɔʁmaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to formativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formativ in German?
formativ appears about once in every 62 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).