kontemplativ
German, adjective/kɔntɛmplaˈtiːf/
kontemplativ is spelled K-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-T-I-V (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kontemplativ is a German adjective meaning “contemplative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besinnlich, beschaulich, Kontemplation betreibend, untätig”.
What does kontemplativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contemplative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. besinnlich, beschaulich, Kontemplation betreibend, untätig
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 kontemplativ
- kontemplativer masculine nominative singular
- am kontemplativsten superlative
- kontemplative feminine nominative singular
- kontemplatives neuter nominative singular
- kontemplativen genitive masculine singular
- kontemplativem dative masculine singular
- der kontemplative definite includes-article masculine
- die kontemplative definite feminine includes-article
- das kontemplative definite includes-article neuter
- die kontemplativen definite includes-article nominative
- des kontemplativen definite genitive includes-article
- der kontemplativen definite feminine genitive
- dem kontemplativen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kontemplativ?
- /kɔntɛmplaˈtiːf/
- [kɔntɛmplaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kontemplativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kontemplativ in German?
kontemplativ appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).