perfektiv
German, adjective/ˈpɛʁfɛktiːf/
perfektiv is spelled P-E-R-F-E-K-T-I-V (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perfektiv is a German adjective meaning “perfective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine abgeschlossene, einmalige Handlung darstellend”.
What does perfektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
perfective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine abgeschlossene, einmalige Handlung darstellend
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 perfektiv
- perfektiver masculine nominative singular
- perfektive feminine nominative singular
- perfektives neuter nominative singular
- perfektiven genitive masculine singular
- perfektivem dative masculine singular
- der perfektive definite includes-article masculine
- die perfektive definite feminine includes-article
- das perfektive definite includes-article neuter
- die perfektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des perfektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der perfektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem perfektiven dative definite includes-article
- den perfektiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perfektiv?
- /ˈpɛʁfɛktiːf/
- [ˈpɛʁfɛktiːf]
- [pɛʁfɛkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perfektiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perfektiv in German?
perfektiv appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).