performativ
German, adjective/pɛʁfɔʁmaˈtiːf/
performativ is spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Performativ is a German adjective meaning “performative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Sprechhandlung benennend, spezifizierend”.
What does performativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
performative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Sprechhandlung benennend, spezifizierend
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 performativ
- performativer masculine nominative singular
- performative feminine nominative singular
- performatives neuter nominative singular
- performativen genitive masculine singular
- performativem dative masculine singular
- der performative definite includes-article masculine
- die performative definite feminine includes-article
- das performative definite includes-article neuter
- die performativen definite includes-article nominative
- des performativen definite genitive includes-article
- der performativen definite feminine genitive
- dem performativen dative definite includes-article
- den performativen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce performativ?
- /pɛʁfɔʁmaˈtiːf/
- [pɛʁfɔʁmaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is performativ in German?
performativ appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).