kollektiv
German, adjective
kollektiv is spelled K-O-L-L-E-K-T-I-V (9 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kollektiv is a German adjective meaning “collective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kollektiv is a different word: “collective”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gemeinschaftlich; mit mehreren/vielen Personen zusammen”.
What does kollektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
collective
noun
- 1
neutercollective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gemeinschaftlich; mit mehreren/vielen Personen zusammen 2. eine unbestimmte Anzahl gleichartiger Komponenten betreffend oder zu einer Gesamtheit zusammenfassend
noun: 1. soziales Gebilde, dessen Mitglieder unter einem Gesichtspunkt zusammengefasst werden können
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 kollektiv
- kollektiver masculine nominative singular
- am kollektivsten superlative
- kollektive feminine nominative singular
- kollektives neuter nominative singular
- kollektiven genitive masculine singular
- kollektivem dative masculine singular
- der kollektive definite includes-article masculine
- die kollektive definite feminine includes-article
- das kollektive definite includes-article neuter
- die kollektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des kollektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der kollektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem kollektiven dative definite includes-article
- Kollektive nominative plural
- Kollektivs genitive singular
- Kollektiven dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kollektiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kollektiv in German?
kollektiv appears 5.0 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).