respektive

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Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin respective, from Latin respectivus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

respektive

  1. respective
    De kom med deres respektive bidrag.
    They brought their respective contributions.

Inflection

Inflection of respektive
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular respektive — —2
Indefinite neuter singular respektive — —2
Plural respektive — —2
Definite attributive1 respektive — —
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.

Esperanto

Alternative forms

Etymology

From respektiva +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: res‧pek‧ti‧ve

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin respectīvē, adverb of respectīvus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /respɛkˈtiːve/
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  • Hyphenation: res‧pek‧ti‧ve

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

respektive

  1. definite singular of respektiv
  2. plural of respektiv

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

respektive

  1. definite singular of respektiv
  2. plural of respektiv

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

References

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • resp. (only the conjunction)

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin respectīvus (“concerning”), from respectus + -īvus.

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively
    Stockholm och Göteborg har två respektive ett bibliotek.
    Stockholm and Gothenburg have two and one libraries, respectively.
Usage notes

Note the difference in word order compared with the English term "respectively".

Adjective

respektive (invariable)

  1. respective
    Stockholm och Göteborg julpyntade sina respektive bibliotek
    Stockholm and Gothenburg Christmas decorated their respective libraries.

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the adjective above. Literal translation to English would be ”respective one”.

Noun

respektive c (invariable)

  1. Partner in marriage.
    Jag och min respektive älskar varandra.
    Me and my partner love each other.
Declension
Declension of respektive 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative respektive - respektive -
Genitive respektives - respektives -

References

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