resignativ
German, adjective/ʁezɪɡnaˈtiːf/
resignativ is spelled R-E-S-I-G-N-A-T-I-V (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Resignativ is a German adjective meaning “resigned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Haltung habend, bei der auf eigene Aktivitäten unter dem Eindruck der Aussichtslosigkeit, eigene Ziele…”.
What does resignativ mean in English?
adjective
- 1
resigned
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Haltung habend, bei der auf eigene Aktivitäten unter dem Eindruck der Aussichtslosigkeit, eigene Ziele verwirklichen zu können, verzichtet wird
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 resignativ
- resignativer masculine nominative singular
- resignative feminine nominative singular
- resignatives neuter nominative singular
- resignativen genitive masculine singular
- resignativem dative masculine singular
- der resignative definite includes-article masculine
- die resignative definite feminine includes-article
- das resignative definite includes-article neuter
- die resignativen definite includes-article nominative
- des resignativen definite genitive includes-article
- der resignativen definite feminine genitive
- dem resignativen dative definite includes-article
- den resignativen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce resignativ?
- /ʁezɪɡnaˈtiːf/
- [ʁezɪɡnaˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is resignativ in German?
resignativ appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).