provokativ (strong nominative masculine singular provokativer, comparative provokativer, superlative am provokativsten)
provokativ (comparative provokativare, superlative provokativast)
"Provocative" in the sense of "sexy" is utmanande. "En provokativ klänning" (a provocative dress) sounds like "a dress that tries to offend / offends."
Inflection of provokativ | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | provokativ | provokativare | provokativast |
Neuter singular | provokativt | provokativare | provokativast |
Plural | provokativa | provokativare | provokativast |
Masculine plural3 | provokative | provokativare | provokativast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | provokative | provokativare | provokativaste |
All | provokativa | provokativare | provokativaste |
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 |