offensiv
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
offensiv (neuter offensivt, plural and definite singular attributive offensive)
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French offensif.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.fɛnˌziːf/, /ˌɔ.fɛnˈziːf/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.fn̩ˌziːf/, /ˌɔ.fn̩ˈziːf/ (variants in common speech)
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
offensiv (strong nominative masculine singular offensiver, comparative offensiver, superlative am offensivsten)
- offensive, attacking, aggressive (but not in the sense of “insulting”)
- Die offensiven Fähigkeiten des Heeres sind gering.
- The army’s offensive capabilities are minimal.
- 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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “offensiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French offensif (adjective) and offensive (noun).
Adjective[edit]
offensiv (masculine and feminine offensiv, neuter offensivt, definite singular and plural offensive)
- offensive (attacking)
Noun[edit]
offensiv m (definite singular offensiven, indefinite plural offensiver, definite plural offensivene)
- an offensive (attack)
References[edit]
- “offensiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- offensiv NAOB
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French offensif (adjective) and offensive (noun).
Adjective[edit]
offensiv (neuter offensivt, definite singular and plural offensive)
- offensive (attacking)
Noun[edit]
offensiv m (definite singular offensiven, indefinite plural offensivar, definite plural offensivane)
- an offensive (attack)
References[edit]
- “offensiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French offensive, offensif, from Latin offendēre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
offensiv (comparative offensivare, superlative offensivast)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of offensiv | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | offensiv | offensivare | offensivast |
Neuter singular | offensivt | offensivare | offensivast |
Plural | offensiva | offensivare | offensivast |
Masculine plural3 | offensive | offensivare | offensivast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | offensive | offensivare | offensivaste |
All | offensiva | offensivare | offensivaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Antonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
offensiv c
Declension[edit]
Declension of offensiv | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | offensiv | offensiven | offensiver | offensiverna |
Genitive | offensivs | offensivens | offensivers | offensivernas |
Synonyms[edit]
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Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Danish terms borrowed from French
- Danish terms derived from French
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- German terms borrowed from French
- German terms derived from French
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from French
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns