der Detektiv

C1 Noun frequency rank #8,625

What Detektiv means

Noun

private investigator, private detective, sleuth (male or of unspecified gender)

Forms

der Detektiv · die Detektive

Plural: Detektive

Pronunciation

Detektiv in a sentence

Er ist ein berühmter Detektiv und mein Freund.

He is a famous detective and my friend.

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Detektiv is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #8,625 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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