Retrospektive
German, noun
Retrospektive is spelled R-E-T-R-O-S-P-E-K-T-I-V-E (13 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrospektive is a German feminine noun meaning “retrospective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, retrospektive is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rückschau, Rückblick”.
What does Retrospektive mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineretrospective
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rückschau, Rückblick 2. Ausstellung, die einen Überblick über das Schaffen (eine Schaffensphase, einen bestimmten Aspekt, das Gesamtwerk) eines Künstlers vermittelt
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 Retrospektive
- Retrospektiven plural
- Retrospektion variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Retrospektive
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Retrospektive in German?
Retrospektive appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).