reaktionär
German, adjective
reaktionär is spelled R-E-A-K-T-I-O-N-Ä-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reaktionär is a German adjective meaning “reactionary (opposed to change)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Reaktionär is a different word: “reactionary”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem Fortschritt feindlich gegenüberstehend”.
What does reaktionär mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reactionary (opposed to change)
- 2
reactionary (opposed to the particular ideology)
noun
- 1
masculinereactionary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem Fortschritt feindlich gegenüberstehend
noun: 1. (männliche^☆) Person, die fortschrittsfeindliche Ziele verfolgt
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 reaktionär
- Reaktionärs genitive
- Reaktionäre plural
- Reaktionärin feminine
- Reaktionären dative definite plural
- reaktionärer masculine nominative singular
- am reaktionärsten superlative
- reaktionäre feminine nominative singular
- reaktionäres neuter nominative singular
- reaktionären genitive masculine singular
- reaktionärem dative masculine singular
- der reaktionäre definite includes-article masculine
- die reaktionäre definite feminine includes-article
- das reaktionäre definite includes-article neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to reaktionär
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reaktionär in German?
reaktionär appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).