German word

fiktiv

Pronunciation

IPA/fɪkˈtiːf/

Meaning

  • adjectivefictional

Example

Das ist eine fiktive Stadt.

This is a fictional city.

Illustration for fiktiv (fictional)

More examples

In der Übung sollen die Lernenden fiktive Szenarien entwerfen.

In the exercise, learners are to design fictional scenarios.

Core concept

A made-up city, person, or event exists inside a story or thought, but has no real-world counterpart.

Common phrases

  • fiktive Szenarien

    fictional scenarios

  • als fiktiv kennzeichnen

    mark as fictional

Similar words

erfunden: Created rather than factual, especially a person, event, or account.
ausgedacht: Thought up as a story or setting without any basis in reality.
fiktional: Existing only within a novel, film, or other work of fiction.
imaginär: Not real but pictured in the mind or imagination.

Definition in German

Bezeichnet etwas, das ausgedacht ist und in der Realität nicht existiert.

Word origin

Fiktiv comes from Latin fictivus, meaning 'made or fashioned,' from fingere, meaning 'to form or devise,' and entered German as a learned borrowing.

Usage tips

  • As an adjective, fiktiv takes ordinary German endings: eine fiktive Stadt, einen fiktiven Fall, and mit einem fiktiven Fall.

Other meanings

  • imaginaryadjective

Opposites

Related words

  • fiktionalfictionaladjective
  • Fiktionfictionnoun

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