"Passiv" meaning in German

See Passiv in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpasiːf/ Audio: De-Passiv.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin passīvus. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|la:passīvus}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to endure", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*ph₁tós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "hate", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*peh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*patos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "alt" : "*pet-", "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*peth₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "patior", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-iHwós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-wós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "adjective suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "passīvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Passiv", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Passiv">, {{bor+|de|la|passīvus}} Borrowed from Latin passīvus, {{ety|de|:bor|la:passīvus}} Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Passiv n (strong, genitive Passivs, plural Passive) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Passivs [genitive], Passive [plural], strong [table-tags], Passiv [nominative, singular], Passive [definite, nominative, plural], Passivs [genitive, singular], Passive [definite, genitive, plural], Passiv [dative, singular], Passiven [dative, definite, plural], Passiv [accusative, singular], Passive [accusative, definite, plural], Passivum [alternative]
  1. (grammar, singular only) passive voice Tags: neuter, singular, singular-only, strong Synonyms: Leideform
    Sense id: en-Passiv-de-noun-vilBAVbn Categories (other): German singularia tantum, Grammar, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 73 27 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 86 14 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) passive verb Tags: neuter, passive, strong, verb
    Sense id: en-Passiv-de-noun-yVNa6vxZ Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Genus Derived forms: Vorgangspassiv, Handlungspassiv, Zustandspassiv, Medio-Passiv, passivisch Related terms: Aktiv, Neutrum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for Passiv meaning in German (5.6kB)

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  "title": "Passiv",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (19f9a30 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.