instinktiv
German, adjective/ɪnstɪŋkˈtiːf/
instinktiv is spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-K-T-I-V (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,531st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instinktiv is a German adjective meaning “instinctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Trieb, angeborenen Mechanismen folgend”.
What does instinktiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
instinctive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einem Trieb, angeborenen Mechanismen folgend 2. ohne langwieriges Nachdenken, dem Gefühl, einem inneren Impuls 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 instinktiv
- instinktiver masculine nominative singular
- am instinktivsten superlative
- instinktive feminine nominative singular
- instinktives neuter nominative singular
- instinktiven genitive masculine singular
- instinktivem dative masculine singular
- der instinktive definite includes-article masculine
- die instinktive definite feminine includes-article
- das instinktive definite includes-article neuter
- die instinktiven definite includes-article nominative
- des instinktiven definite genitive includes-article
- der instinktiven definite feminine genitive
- dem instinktiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instinktiv?
- /ɪnstɪŋkˈtiːf/
- [ɪnstɪŋkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instinktiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instinktiv in German?
instinktiv appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).