präventiv
German, adjective/pʁɛvɛnˈtiːf/
präventiv is spelled P-R-Ä-V-E-N-T-I-V (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Präventiv is a German adjective meaning “preventative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorbeugend, verhütend; eine unerwünschte Entwicklung verhindernd”.
What does präventiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
preventative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vorbeugend, verhütend; eine unerwünschte Entwicklung verhindernd
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 präventiv
- präventiver masculine nominative singular
- am präventivsten superlative uncommon
- präventive feminine nominative singular
- präventives neuter nominative singular
- präventiven genitive masculine singular
- präventivem dative masculine singular
- der präventive definite includes-article masculine
- die präventive definite feminine includes-article
- das präventive definite includes-article neuter
- die präventiven definite includes-article nominative
- des präventiven definite genitive includes-article
- der präventiven definite feminine genitive
- dem präventiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce präventiv?
- /pʁɛvɛnˈtiːf/
- /pʁeːvɛnˈtiːf/
- [pʁɛvɛnˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to präventiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is präventiv in German?
präventiv appears 1.4 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).