offensiv

Danish

Etymology

From French offensif.

Adjective

offensiv (neuter offensivt, plural and definite singular attributive offensive)

1. offensive, pertaining to attacks

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French offensif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.fɛnˌziːf/, /ˌɔ.fɛnˈziːf/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.fn̩ˌziːf/, /ˌɔ.fn̩ˈziːf/ (variants in common speech)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

offensiv (strong nominative masculine singular offensiver, comparative offensiver, superlative am offensivsten)

1. offensive, attacking, aggressive (but not in the sense of “insulting”)

   Die offensiven Fähigkeiten des Heeres sind gering.

   The army’s offensive capabilities are minimal.

2. assertive, forthright, active, direct

   Der Geschäftsführer wurde für sein offensives Umgehen mit der Unternehmenskrise gelobt.

   The CEO was complimented on his assertive handling of the corporate crisis.

Declension

Positive forms of offensiv number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist offensiv sie ist offensiv es ist offensiv sie sind offensiv strong declension (without article) nominative offensiver offensive offensives offensive genitive offensiven offensiver offensiven offensiver dative offensivem offensiver offensivem offensiven accusative offensiven offensive offensives offensive weak declension (with definite article) nominative der offensive die offensive das offensive die offensiven genitive des offensiven der offensiven des offensiven der offensiven dative dem offensiven der offensiven dem offensiven den offensiven accusative den offensiven die offensive das offensive die offensiven mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein offensiver eine offensive ein offensives (keine) offensiven genitive eines offensiven einer offensiven eines offensiven (keiner) offensiven dative einem offensiven einer offensiven einem offensiven (keinen) offensiven accusative einen offensiven eine offensive ein offensives (keine) offensiven Comparative forms of offensiv number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist offensiver sie ist offensiver es ist offensiver sie sind offensiver strong declension (without article) nominative offensiverer offensivere offensiveres offensivere genitive offensiveren offensiverer offensiveren offensiverer dative offensiverem offensiverer offensiverem offensiveren accusative offensiveren offensivere offensiveres offensivere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der offensivere die offensivere das offensivere die offensiveren genitive des offensiveren der offensiveren des offensiveren der offensiveren dative dem offensiveren der offensiveren dem offensiveren den offensiveren accusative den offensiveren die offensivere das offensivere die offensiveren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein offensiverer eine offensivere ein offensiveres (keine) offensiveren genitive eines offensiveren einer offensiveren eines offensiveren (keiner) offensiveren dative einem offensiveren einer offensiveren einem offensiveren (keinen) offensiveren accusative einen offensiveren eine offensivere ein offensiveres (keine) offensiveren Superlative forms of offensiv number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am offensivsten sie ist am offensivsten es ist am offensivsten sie sind am offensivsten strong declension (without article) nominative offensivster offensivste offensivstes offensivste genitive offensivsten offensivster offensivsten offensivster dative offensivstem offensivster offensivstem offensivsten accusative offensivsten offensivste offensivstes offensivste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der offensivste die offensivste das offensivste die offensivsten genitive des offensivsten der offensivsten des offensivsten der offensivsten dative dem offensivsten der offensivsten dem offensivsten den offensivsten accusative den offensivsten die offensivste das offensivste die offensivsten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein offensivster eine offensivste ein offensivstes (keine) offensivsten genitive eines offensivsten einer offensivsten eines offensivsten (keiner) offensivsten dative einem offensivsten einer offensivsten einem offensivsten (keinen) offensivsten accusative einen offensivsten eine offensivste ein offensivstes (keine) offensivsten

Derived terms

• Offensive

Further reading

• “offensiv”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French offensif (adjective) and offensive (noun).

Adjective

offensiv (masculine and feminine offensiv, neuter offensivt, definite singular and plural offensive)

1. offensive (attacking)

Noun

offensiv m (definite singular offensiven, indefinite plural offensiver, definite plural offensivene)

1. an offensive (attack)

References

• “offensiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• offensiv NAOB

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French offensif (adjective) and offensive (noun).

Adjective

offensiv (neuter offensivt, definite singular and plural offensive)

1. offensive (attacking)

Noun

offensiv m (definite singular offensiven, indefinite plural offensivar, definite plural offensivane)

1. an offensive (attack)

References

• “offensiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French offensive, offensif, from Latin offendēre.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

offensiv (comparative offensivare, superlative offensivast)

1. offensive

Declension

Inflection of offensiv

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	offensiv	offensivare	offensivast
neuter singular	offensivt	offensivare	offensivast
plural	offensiva	offensivare	offensivast
masculine plural2	offensive	offensivare	offensivast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	offensive	offensivare	offensivaste
all	offensiva	offensivare	offensivaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Antonyms

• defensiv

Noun

offensiv c

1. offensive

Declension

Declension of offensiv

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	offensiv	offensivs
	definite	offensiven	offensivens
plural	indefinite	offensiver	offensivers
	definite	offensiverna	offensivernas

Synonyms

• anfall
• angrepp

Antonyms

• defensiv

Derived terms

• charmoffensiv
• motoffensiv

References

• “offensiv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “offensiv”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “offensiv”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)