korrektiv
German, adjective/kɔʁɛkˈtiːf/
korrektiv is spelled K-O-R-R-E-K-T-I-V (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Korrektiv is a German adjective meaning “corrective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bessernd, verbessernd”.
What does korrektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
corrective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bessernd, verbessernd 2. zurechtweisend 3. ausgleichend
noun: 1. Konzept, Maßnahme oder Hilfsmittel, um einen fehlerhaften oder unerwünschten Zustand zu beseitigen, zu korrigieren
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 korrektiv
- korrektiver masculine nominative singular
- korrektive feminine nominative singular
- korrektives neuter nominative singular
- korrektiven genitive masculine singular
- korrektivem dative masculine singular
- der korrektive definite includes-article masculine
- die korrektive definite feminine includes-article
- das korrektive definite includes-article neuter
- die korrektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des korrektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der korrektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem korrektiven dative definite includes-article
- den korrektiven dative definite includes-article
- Korrektive nominative plural
- Korrektivs genitive singular
- Korrektiven dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce korrektiv?
- /kɔʁɛkˈtiːf/
- [kɔʁɛkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is korrektiv in German?
korrektiv 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).