retrospektiv
German, adjective[ʁetʁospɛkˈtiːf]
retrospektiv is spelled R-E-T-R-O-S-P-E-K-T-I-V (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrospektiv is a German adjective meaning “retrospective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Rückschau”.
What does retrospektiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
retrospective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Rückschau
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 retrospektiv
- retrospektiver masculine nominative singular
- retrospektive feminine nominative singular
- retrospektives neuter nominative singular
- retrospektiven genitive masculine singular
- retrospektivem dative masculine singular
- der retrospektive definite includes-article masculine
- die retrospektive definite feminine includes-article
- das retrospektive definite includes-article neuter
- die retrospektiven definite includes-article nominative
- des retrospektiven definite genitive includes-article
- der retrospektiven definite feminine genitive
- dem retrospektiven dative definite includes-article
- den retrospektiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retrospektiv?
- [ʁetʁospɛkˈtiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retrospektiv in German?
retrospektiv appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).