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impulsiv

German, adjective/ˌɪmpʊlˈziːf/

impulsiv is spelled I-M-P-U-L-S-I-V (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impulsiv is a German adjective meaning “impulsive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzlichen Eingebungen folgend”.

What does impulsiv mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    impulsive

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. plötzlichen Eingebungen folgend

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 impulsiv

  • impulsiver masculine nominative singular
  • am impulsivsten superlative
  • impulsive feminine nominative singular
  • impulsives neuter nominative singular
  • impulsiven genitive masculine singular
  • impulsivem dative masculine singular
  • der impulsive definite includes-article masculine
  • die impulsive definite feminine includes-article
  • das impulsive definite includes-article neuter
  • die impulsiven definite includes-article nominative
  • des impulsiven definite genitive includes-article
  • der impulsiven definite feminine genitive
  • dem impulsiven dative definite includes-article
  • imp. abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce impulsiv?

  • /ˌɪmpʊlˈziːf/
  • [ˌɪmpʊlˈziːf]

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

English words that translate to impulsiv

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

How common is impulsiv in German?

impulsiv appears about once in every 2 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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