protektiv
German, adjective[pʁotɛkˈtiːf]
protektiv is spelled P-R-O-T-E-K-T-I-V (9 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protektiv is a German adjective meaning “protective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schützend, als Schutz dienend”.
What does protektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
protective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schützend, als Schutz dienend
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 protektiv
- protektiver masculine nominative singular
- protektive feminine nominative singular
- protektives neuter nominative singular
- protektiven genitive masculine singular
- protektivem dative masculine singular
- der protektive definite includes-article masculine
- die protektive definite feminine includes-article
- das protektive definite includes-article neuter
- die protektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des protektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der protektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem protektiven dative definite includes-article
- den protektiven dative definite includes-article
- am protektivsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protektiv?
- [pʁotɛkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is protektiv in German?
protektiv appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).