possessiv
German, adjective/ˌpɔ.sɛˈsiːf/
possessiv is spelled P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-V (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Possessiv is a German adjective meaning “possessive (indicating possession)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die Zugehörigkeit einer Person oder Sache zu einer anderen Person oder Sache hinweisend, besitzanzeigend”.
What does possessiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
possessive (indicating possession)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf die Zugehörigkeit einer Person oder Sache zu einer anderen Person oder Sache hinweisend, besitzanzeigend
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 possessiv
- possessiver masculine nominative singular
- am possessivsten superlative
- possessive feminine nominative singular
- possessives neuter nominative singular
- possessiven genitive masculine singular
- possessivem dative masculine singular
- der possessive definite includes-article masculine
- die possessive definite feminine includes-article
- das possessive definite includes-article neuter
- die possessiven definite includes-article nominative
- des possessiven definite genitive includes-article
- der possessiven definite feminine genitive
- dem possessiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce possessiv?
- /ˌpɔ.sɛˈsiːf/
- [ˌpɔsɛˈsiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to possessiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is possessiv in German?
possessiv appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).