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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin extēnsīvus (“extending”), influenced by French extensif and its antonym intensif.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ex‧ten‧siv
Adjective
extensiv (strong nominative masculine singular extensiver, comparative extensiver, superlative am extensivsten)
- comprehensive, extended, extensive
2001, Angela Köhler, “Die Geheimsache”, in Berliner Zeitung:Ende 1999 soll die Prinzessin eine Fehlgeburt erlitten haben, wofür das Kaiserhaus die "extensive Berichterstattung der Medien" verantwortlich machte.- Late in 1999 the princess apparently suffered a miscarriage, for which the impirial court blamed the "extensive reporting by the media".
- (agriculture) practiced on large areas with few resources
Declension
Positive forms of extensiv
Comparative forms of extensiv
Superlative forms of extensiv
Further reading
- “extensiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “extensiv” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French extensif. By surface analysis, extensie + -iv.
Adjective
extensiv m or n (feminine singular extensivă, masculine plural extensivi, feminine and neuter plural extensive)
- extensive
Declension
Swedish
Adjective
extensiv (comparative extensivare, superlative extensivast)
- extensive