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konfrontativ

German, adjective/kɔnfʁɔntaˈtiːf/

konfrontativ is spelled K-O-N-F-R-O-N-T-A-T-I-V (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Konfrontativ is a German adjective meaning “confrontational” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die Herbeiführung von Auseinandersetzungen ausgerichtet”.

What does konfrontativ mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    confrontational

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. auf die Herbeiführung von Auseinandersetzungen ausgerichtet 2. vergleichend, gegenüberstellend

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 konfrontativ

  • konfrontativer masculine nominative singular
  • konfrontative feminine nominative singular
  • konfrontatives neuter nominative singular
  • konfrontativen genitive masculine singular
  • konfrontativem dative masculine singular
  • der konfrontative definite includes-article masculine
  • die konfrontative definite feminine includes-article
  • das konfrontative definite includes-article neuter
  • die konfrontativen definite includes-article nominative
  • des konfrontativen definite genitive includes-article
  • der konfrontativen definite feminine genitive
  • dem konfrontativen dative definite includes-article
  • den konfrontativen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce konfrontativ?

  • /kɔnfʁɔntaˈtiːf/
  • [kɔnfʁɔntaˈtiːf]

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

English words that translate to konfrontativ

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

How common is konfrontativ in German?

konfrontativ appears about once in every 11 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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