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vivipar

German, adjective/ˌviːviˈpaːɐ̯/

vivipar is a German adjective meaning “viviparous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft von Tieren, bei denen der Embryo im Mutterleib heranwächst, also nicht außerhalb des Mutterleibes…”.

What does vivipar mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    viviparous

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Eigenschaft von Tieren, bei denen der Embryo im Mutterleib heranwächst, also nicht außerhalb des Mutterleibes schlüpft 2. bereits auf der Mutterpflanze keimend

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 vivipar

  • viviparer masculine nominative singular
  • vivipare feminine nominative singular
  • vivipares neuter nominative singular
  • viviparen genitive masculine singular
  • viviparem dative masculine singular
  • der vivipare definite includes-article masculine
  • die vivipare definite feminine includes-article
  • das vivipare definite includes-article neuter
  • die viviparen definite includes-article nominative
  • des viviparen definite genitive includes-article
  • der viviparen definite feminine genitive
  • dem viviparen dative definite includes-article
  • den viviparen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce vivipar?

  • /ˌviːviˈpaːɐ̯/
  • [ˌviːviˈpaːɐ̯]

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

English words that translate to vivipar

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

How common is vivipar in German?

vivipar appears about once in every 93 million words in written German.

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