offensiv

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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)
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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.

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Further reading

  • offensiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French offensive, offensif, from Latin offendēre.

Pronunciation

Adjective

offensiv (comparative offensivare, superlative offensivast)

  1. offensive

Declension

Inflection of offensiv
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

Noun

offensiv c

  1. offensive

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