operativ
German, adjective[opəʁaˈtiːf]
operativ is spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Operativ is a German adjective meaning “operational” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen chirurgischen Eingriff betreffend”.
What does operativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
operational
- 2
operative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einen chirurgischen Eingriff betreffend 2. einen militärischen Eingriff betreffend 3. unmittelbar wirksam, bestimmte Maßnahmen treffend
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 operativ
- operativer masculine nominative singular
- operative feminine nominative singular
- operatives neuter nominative singular
- operativen genitive masculine singular
- operativem dative masculine singular
- der operative definite includes-article masculine
- die operative definite feminine includes-article
- das operative definite includes-article neuter
- die operativen definite includes-article nominative
- des operativen definite genitive includes-article
- der operativen definite feminine genitive
- dem operativen dative definite includes-article
- den operativen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce operativ?
- [opəʁaˈtiːf]
- [ɔpəʁaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to operativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is operativ in German?
operativ appears 1.7 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).