offensiv

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)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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.

Declension

Positive forms of offensiv

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist offensiv	sie ist offensiv	es ist offensiv	sie sind offensiv
strong declension (without article)	nominative	offensiver	offensive	offensives	offensive
	genitive	offensiven	offensiver	offensiven	offensiver
	dative	offensivem	offensiver	offensivem	offensiven
	accusative	offensiven	offensive	offensives	offensive
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der offensive	die offensive	das offensive	die offensiven
	genitive	des offensiven	der offensiven	des offensiven	der offensiven
	dative	dem offensiven	der offensiven	dem offensiven	den offensiven
	accusative	den offensiven	die offensive	das offensive	die offensiven
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein offensiver	eine offensive	ein offensives	(keine) offensiven
	genitive	eines offensiven	einer offensiven	eines offensiven	(keiner) offensiven
	dative	einem offensiven	einer offensiven	einem offensiven	(keinen) offensiven
	accusative	einen offensiven	eine offensive	ein offensives	(keine) offensiven

Comparative forms of offensiv

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist offensiver	sie ist offensiver	es ist offensiver	sie sind offensiver
strong declension (without article)	nominative	offensiverer	offensivere	offensiveres	offensivere
	genitive	offensiveren	offensiverer	offensiveren	offensiverer
	dative	offensiverem	offensiverer	offensiverem	offensiveren
	accusative	offensiveren	offensivere	offensiveres	offensivere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der offensivere	die offensivere	das offensivere	die offensiveren
	genitive	des offensiveren	der offensiveren	des offensiveren	der offensiveren
	dative	dem offensiveren	der offensiveren	dem offensiveren	den offensiveren
	accusative	den offensiveren	die offensivere	das offensivere	die offensiveren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein offensiverer	eine offensivere	ein offensiveres	(keine) offensiveren
	genitive	eines offensiveren	einer offensiveren	eines offensiveren	(keiner) offensiveren
	dative	einem offensiveren	einer offensiveren	einem offensiveren	(keinen) offensiveren
	accusative	einen offensiveren	eine offensivere	ein offensiveres	(keine) offensiveren

Superlative forms of offensiv

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am offensivsten	sie ist am offensivsten	es ist am offensivsten	sie sind am offensivsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	offensivster	offensivste	offensivstes	offensivste
	genitive	offensivsten	offensivster	offensivsten	offensivster
	dative	offensivstem	offensivster	offensivstem	offensivsten
	accusative	offensivsten	offensivste	offensivstes	offensivste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der offensivste	die offensivste	das offensivste	die offensivsten
	genitive	des offensivsten	der offensivsten	des offensivsten	der offensivsten
	dative	dem offensivsten	der offensivsten	dem offensivsten	den offensivsten
	accusative	den offensivsten	die offensivste	das offensivste	die offensivsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein offensivster	eine offensivste	ein offensivstes	(keine) offensivsten
	genitive	eines offensivsten	einer offensivsten	eines offensivsten	(keiner) offensivsten
	dative	einem offensivsten	einer offensivsten	einem offensivsten	(keinen) offensivsten
	accusative	einen offensivsten	eine offensivste	ein offensivstes	(keine) offensivsten

Derived terms

• Offensive

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

• “offensiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• offensiv NAOB

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

• “offensiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French offensive, offensif, from Latin offendēre.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

offensiv (comparative offensivare, superlative offensivast)

1. offensive

Declension

Inflection of offensiv

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	offensiv	offensivare	offensivast
neuter singular	offensivt	offensivare	offensivast
plural	offensiva	offensivare	offensivast
masculine plural2	offensive	offensivare	offensivast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	offensive	offensivare	offensivaste
all	offensiva	offensivare	offensivaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Antonyms

• defensiv

Noun

offensiv c

1. offensive

Declension

Declension of offensiv

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	offensiv	offensivs
	definite	offensiven	offensivens
plural	indefinite	offensiver	offensivers
	definite	offensiverna	offensivernas

Synonyms

• anfall
• angrepp

Antonyms

• defensiv

Derived terms

• charmoffensiv
• motoffensiv

References

• offensiv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• offensiv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• offensiv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)