prädikativ
German, adjective
prädikativ is a German adjective meaning “predicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Prädikativ is a different word: “predicative (element of the predicate of a sentence which complements…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Prädikat gehörend”.
What does prädikativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
predicative
noun
- 1
neuterpredicative (element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil des Prädikats, der sich auf das Sub- oder Objekt eines Satzes bezieht
adjective: 1. zum Prädikat gehörend
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 prädikativ
- prädikativer masculine nominative singular
- prädikative feminine nominative singular
- prädikatives neuter nominative singular
- prädikativen genitive masculine singular
- prädikativem dative masculine singular
- der prädikative definite includes-article masculine
- die prädikative definite feminine includes-article
- das prädikative definite includes-article neuter
- die prädikativen definite includes-article nominative
- des prädikativen definite genitive includes-article
- der prädikativen definite feminine genitive
- dem prädikativen dative definite includes-article
- den prädikativen dative definite includes-article
- Prädikative nominative plural
- Prädikativs genitive singular
- Prädikativen dative plural
- präd. abbreviation
- prädik. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to prädikativ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prädikativ in German?
prädikativ appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).