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hyperaktiv

German, adjective/ˌhypɐˈʔaktiːf/

hyperaktiv is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-A-K-T-I-V (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hyperaktiv is a German adjective meaning “hyperactive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übermäßig aktiv seiend; einen starken Drang zur Bewegung habend”.

What does hyperaktiv mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    hyperactive

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. übermäßig aktiv seiend; einen starken Drang zur Bewegung habend 2. an der Krankheit Hyperaktivität leidend

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 hyperaktiv

  • hyperaktiver masculine nominative singular
  • hyperaktive feminine nominative singular
  • hyperaktives neuter nominative singular
  • hyperaktiven genitive masculine singular
  • hyperaktivem dative masculine singular
  • der hyperaktive definite includes-article masculine
  • die hyperaktive definite feminine includes-article
  • das hyperaktive definite includes-article neuter
  • die hyperaktiven definite includes-article nominative
  • des hyperaktiven definite genitive includes-article
  • der hyperaktiven definite feminine genitive
  • dem hyperaktiven dative definite includes-article
  • den hyperaktiven dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hyperaktiv?

  • /ˌhypɐˈʔaktiːf/
  • [ˌhypɐˈʔaktiːf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to hyperaktiv

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hyperaktiv in German?

hyperaktiv appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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