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repressiv

German, adjective/ʁepʁɛˈsiːf/

repressiv is spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-V (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repressiv is a German adjective meaning “repressive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unterdrückung, Repression ausübend”.

What does repressiv mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    repressive

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Unterdrückung, Repression ausübend

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 repressiv

  • repressiver masculine nominative singular
  • am repressivsten superlative
  • repressive feminine nominative singular
  • repressives neuter nominative singular
  • repressiven genitive masculine singular
  • repressivem dative masculine singular
  • der repressive definite includes-article masculine
  • die repressive definite feminine includes-article
  • das repressive definite includes-article neuter
  • die repressiven definite includes-article nominative
  • des repressiven definite genitive includes-article
  • der repressiven definite feminine genitive
  • dem repressiven dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce repressiv?

  • /ʁepʁɛˈsiːf/
  • [ʁepʁɛˈsiːf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to repressiv

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is repressiv in German?

repressiv appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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