Initiative

See also: initiative

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French initiative.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Initiative f (genitive Initiative, plural Initiativen)

1. initiative

   Synonym: Anstoß

2. (politics) initiative

Declension

Declension of Initiative [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Initiative	die	Initiativen
genitive	einer	der	Initiative	der	Initiativen
dative	einer	der	Initiative	den	Initiativen
accusative	eine	die	Initiative	die	Initiativen

Derived terms

• Eigeninitiative, Bürgerinitiative

Further reading

• “Initiative” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Initiative” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Initiative” in Duden online
• Initiative on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de