reflexiv
German, adjective/ʁeflɛˈksiːf/
reflexiv is spelled R-E-F-L-E-X-I-V (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reflexiv is a German adjective meaning “reflexive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rückbezüglich auf das Subjekt”.
What does reflexiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reflexive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. rückbezüglich auf das Subjekt 2. für jedes x∈A das Tupel (x,x) enthaltend
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 reflexiv
- reflexiver masculine nominative singular
- reflexive feminine nominative singular
- reflexives neuter nominative singular
- reflexiven genitive masculine singular
- reflexivem dative masculine singular
- der reflexive definite includes-article masculine
- die reflexive definite feminine includes-article
- das reflexive definite includes-article neuter
- die reflexiven definite includes-article nominative
- des reflexiven definite genitive includes-article
- der reflexiven definite feminine genitive
- dem reflexiven dative definite includes-article
- den reflexiven dative definite includes-article
- refl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reflexiv?
- /ʁeflɛˈksiːf/
- [ʁeflɛˈksiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reflexiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reflexiv in German?
reflexiv appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).