nativ
German, adjective/naˈtiːf/
nativ is spelled N-A-T-I-V (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nativ is a German adjective meaning “native” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “angeboren”.
What does nativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
native
- 2
virgin (of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered)
natives Olivenöl extra
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. angeboren 2. heimisch, einheimisch, nicht entlehnt 3. natürlich, in natürlichem Zustand, roh, unverändert 4. ohne Kontrastmittel
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 nativ
- nativer masculine nominative singular
- native feminine nominative singular
- natives neuter nominative singular
- nativen genitive masculine singular
- nativem dative masculine singular
- der native definite includes-article masculine
- die native definite feminine includes-article
- das native definite includes-article neuter
- die nativen definite includes-article nominative
- des nativen definite genitive includes-article
- der nativen definite feminine genitive
- dem nativen dative definite includes-article
- den nativen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nativ?
- /naˈtiːf/
- [naˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nativ in German?
nativ 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).