zivil
German, adjective
zivil is spelled Z-I-V-I-L (5 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zivil is a German adjective meaning “civil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zivil is a different word: “plain clothes, civvies”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft, keiner militärischen Organisation angehörig”.
What does zivil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
civil
- 2
civilian
noun
- 1
archaicneuterthe civilian populace
- 2
neuterplain clothes, civvies
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft, keiner militärischen Organisation angehörig 2. den angebotenen Leistungen oder Waren preislich angemessen 3. öffentlich, die Gemeinschaft der Bürger betreffend
noun: 1. Bereich der Gesellschaft, des Lebens beziehungsweise Teil der Bevölkerung, der nicht zum Militär gehört 2. im Privat- beziehungsweise Zivilleben getragene Kleidung; bürgerliche (zivile), nicht dienstliche Kleidung 3. rechtlicher Status einer Person in Bezug darauf, ob sie ledig, verheiratet, verwitwet oder geschieden ist
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 zivil
- ziviler masculine nominative singular
- zivile feminine nominative singular
- ziviles neuter nominative singular
- zivilen genitive masculine singular
- zivilem dative masculine singular
- der zivile definite includes-article masculine
- die zivile definite feminine includes-article
- das zivile definite includes-article neuter
- die zivilen definite includes-article nominative
- des zivilen definite genitive includes-article
- der zivilen definite feminine genitive
- dem zivilen dative definite includes-article
- den zivilen dative definite includes-article
- Civil obsolete
- Zivils genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zivil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zivil in German?
zivil appears 3.3 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).