imperfektiv
German, adjective/ˈɪmpɛʁfɛktiːf/
imperfektiv is spelled I-M-P-E-R-F-E-K-T-I-V (11 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imperfektiv is a German adjective meaning “imperfective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine andauernde, sich wiederholende Handlung darstellend”.
What does imperfektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
imperfective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine andauernde, sich wiederholende Handlung darstellend
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 imperfektiv
- imperfektiver masculine nominative singular
- imperfektive feminine nominative singular
- imperfektives neuter nominative singular
- imperfektiven genitive masculine singular
- imperfektivem dative masculine singular
- der imperfektive definite includes-article masculine
- die imperfektive definite feminine includes-article
- das imperfektive definite includes-article neuter
- die imperfektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des imperfektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der imperfektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem imperfektiven dative definite includes-article
- den imperfektiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imperfektiv?
- /ˈɪmpɛʁfɛktiːf/
- [ˈɪmpɛʁfɛktiːf]
- [ɪmpɛʁfɛkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imperfektiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imperfektiv in German?
imperfektiv appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).