Danish edit

Etymology edit

From French offensif.

Adjective edit

offensiv (neuter offensivt, plural and definite singular attributive offensive)

  1. offensive, pertaining to attacks

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French offensif.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.fɛnˌziːf/, /ˌɔ.fɛnˈziːf/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.fn̩ˌziːf/, /ˌɔ.fn̩ˈziːf/ (variants in common speech)
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Adjective edit

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 edit

  • offensiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From French offensif (adjective) and offensive (noun).

Adjective edit

offensiv (masculine and feminine offensiv, neuter offensivt, definite singular and plural offensive)

  1. offensive (attacking)

Noun edit

offensiv m (definite singular offensiven, indefinite plural offensiver, definite plural offensivene)

  1. an offensive (attack)

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From French offensif (adjective) and offensive (noun).

Adjective edit

offensiv (neuter offensivt, definite singular and plural offensive)

  1. offensive (attacking)

Noun edit

offensiv m (definite singular offensiven, indefinite plural offensivar, definite plural offensivane)

  1. an offensive (attack)

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French offensive, offensif, from Latin offendēre.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

offensiv (comparative offensivare, superlative offensivast)

  1. offensive

Declension edit

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

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Noun edit

offensiv c

  1. offensive

Declension edit

Declension of offensiv 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative offensiv offensiven offensiver offensiverna
Genitive offensivs offensivens offensivers offensivernas

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