repräsentativ
/ʁepʁezɛntaˈtiːf/
der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
Close synonyms for something typical; repräsentativ adds that it stands for a whole group, a representative example.
Similar in other languages
French
représentant is the French word for the same thing — both mean "representative."
Portuguese
representante is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "representative."
Practice
1 What does repräsentativ mean?
representative
2 Fill the gap: Die Umfrage ist nicht ___.
Full sentence: Die Umfrage ist nicht repräsentativ. (The survey is not representative.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches repräsentativ?
repräsentativ: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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