aktiv

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See also: Aktiv, aktîv, and aktív

Albanian

Etymology

A modern borrowing, from English active.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aktiv (feminine aktive, masculine plural aktivë, feminine plural aktive)

  1. active

Antonyms

Further reading

  • “aktiv”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “aktiv”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
  • aktiv”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctīvus.

Pronunciation

Noun

aktiv m inan

  1. meeting

Declension

Further reading

  • aktiv”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • aktiv”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Latin āctīvus, derived from the verb agō (to act).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aktiv (neuter aktivt, plural and definite singular attributive aktive)

  1. active
  2. (grammar) active (being in the active voice)
  3. (LGBT, slang) top (of a male with preference for penetrating in same-sex intercourse)

Inflection

Inflection of aktiv
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular aktiv aktivere aktivest2
Indefinite neuter singular aktivt aktivere aktivest2
Plural aktive aktivere aktivest2
Definite attributive1 aktive aktivere aktiveste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

Noun

aktiv c (singular definite aktiven, plural indefinite aktiver)

  1. (grammar) active voice

Declension

Noun

aktiv n (singular definite aktivet, plural indefinite aktiver)

  1. asset

Declension

Derived terms

References

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

aktiv (strong nominative masculine singular aktiver, comparative aktiver, superlative am aktivsten)

  1. active
    stark aktivvery active
  2. (grammar) active

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • aktiv” in Duden online
  • aktiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin activus.

Adjective

aktiv (neuter singular aktivt, definite singular and plural aktive)

  1. active
    Antonym: inaktiv

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin activus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aktiv (neuter singular aktivt, definite singular and plural aktive)

  1. active
    Antonym: inaktiv

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àktīv m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ктӣв)

  1. active voice
  2. a group of activists

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

aktiv (comparative aktivare, superlative aktivast)

  1. active
  2. (grammar) active (in the active voice)
  3. (gay slang) active, top

Declension

Inflection of aktiv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular aktiv aktivare aktivast
Neuter singular aktivt aktivare aktivast
Plural aktiva aktivare aktivast
Masculine plural3 aktive aktivare aktivast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 aktive aktivare aktivaste
All aktiva aktivare aktivaste
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

Noun

aktiv n

  1. (grammar) active voice
    Antonym: passiv

Declension

Declension of aktiv 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative aktiv aktivet aktiver aktiverna
Genitive aktivs aktivets aktivers aktivernas

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