aggressiv

Danish

Etymology

From French agressif.

Adjective

aggressiv (neuter aggressivt, plural and definite singular attributive aggressive)

  1. aggressive

Inflection

Inflection of aggressiv
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular aggressiv aggressivere aggressivest2
indefinite neuter singular aggressivt aggressivere aggressivest2
plural aggressive aggressivere aggressivest2
definite attributive1 aggressive aggressivere aggressiveste

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.

References

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French agressif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡʁɛˈsiːf/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ag‧gres‧siv

Adjective

aggressiv (strong nominative masculine singular aggressiver, comparative aggressiver, superlative am aggressivsten)

  1. aggressive

Declension

Positive forms of aggressiv
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist aggressiv sie ist aggressiv es ist aggressiv sie sind aggressiv
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative aggressiver aggressive aggressives aggressive
genitive aggressiven aggressiver aggressiven aggressiver
dative aggressivem aggressiver aggressivem aggressiven
accusative aggressiven aggressive aggressives aggressive
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der aggressive die aggressive das aggressive die aggressiven
genitive des aggressiven der aggressiven des aggressiven der aggressiven
dative dem aggressiven der aggressiven dem aggressiven den aggressiven
accusative den aggressiven die aggressive das aggressive die aggressiven
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein aggressiver eine aggressive ein aggressives (keine) aggressiven
genitive eines aggressiven einer aggressiven eines aggressiven (keiner) aggressiven
dative einem aggressiven einer aggressiven einem aggressiven (keinen) aggressiven
accusative einen aggressiven eine aggressive ein aggressives (keine) aggressiven
Comparative forms of aggressiv
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist aggressiver sie ist aggressiver es ist aggressiver sie sind aggressiver
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative aggressiverer aggressivere aggressiveres aggressivere
genitive aggressiveren aggressiverer aggressiveren aggressiverer
dative aggressiverem aggressiverer aggressiverem aggressiveren
accusative aggressiveren aggressivere aggressiveres aggressivere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der aggressivere die aggressivere das aggressivere die aggressiveren
genitive des aggressiveren der aggressiveren des aggressiveren der aggressiveren
dative dem aggressiveren der aggressiveren dem aggressiveren den aggressiveren
accusative den aggressiveren die aggressivere das aggressivere die aggressiveren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein aggressiverer eine aggressivere ein aggressiveres (keine) aggressiveren
genitive eines aggressiveren einer aggressiveren eines aggressiveren (keiner) aggressiveren
dative einem aggressiveren einer aggressiveren einem aggressiveren (keinen) aggressiveren
accusative einen aggressiveren eine aggressivere ein aggressiveres (keine) aggressiveren
Superlative forms of aggressiv
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am aggressivsten sie ist am aggressivsten es ist am aggressivsten sie sind am aggressivsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative aggressivster aggressivste aggressivstes aggressivste
genitive aggressivsten aggressivster aggressivsten aggressivster
dative aggressivstem aggressivster aggressivstem aggressivsten
accusative aggressivsten aggressivste aggressivstes aggressivste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der aggressivste die aggressivste das aggressivste die aggressivsten
genitive des aggressivsten der aggressivsten des aggressivsten der aggressivsten
dative dem aggressivsten der aggressivsten dem aggressivsten den aggressivsten
accusative den aggressivsten die aggressivste das aggressivste die aggressivsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein aggressivster eine aggressivste ein aggressivstes (keine) aggressivsten
genitive eines aggressivsten einer aggressivsten eines aggressivsten (keiner) aggressivsten
dative einem aggressivsten einer aggressivsten einem aggressivsten (keinen) aggressivsten
accusative einen aggressivsten eine aggressivste ein aggressivstes (keine) aggressivsten

Further reading

  • “aggressiv” in Duden online
  • “aggressiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German aggressiv and French agressif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌɑɡʀæˈsiːf]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

aggressiv (masculine aggressiven, neuter aggressiivt, comparative méi aggressiv, superlative am aggressiivsten)

  1. aggressive

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian aggressivo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡ.ɡrɛsˈsiːf/
  • Audio (Gozo):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Adjective

aggressiv (feminine singular aggressiva, plural aggressivi)

  1. aggressive

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French agressif (-ive), from Late Latin aggressare, frequentative of Latin aggredi (“to approach, attack, assail”), from ad- (“to”) + gradi (“to step”) (past participle gressus), from gradus (“a step”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

aggressiv (neuter singular aggressivt, definite singular and plural aggressive, comparative mer aggressiv, superlative mest aggressiv)

  1. aggressive (tending or disposed to aggression)
    De er kjent for å føre en aggressiv politikk.
    They are known for having an aggressive policy.

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French agressif (-ive), from Late Latin aggressare, frequentative of Latin aggredi (“to approach, attack, assail”), from ad- (“to”) + gradi (“to step”) (past participle gressus), from gradus (“a step”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aggressiv (masculine aggressiv, feminine aggressiv, neuter aggressivt, plural aggressive, comparative meir aggressiv, superlative mest aggressiv)

  1. aggressive (tending or disposed to aggress)
    Dei er kjende for å føre ein aggressiv politikk.
    They are known for having an aggressive policy.

Synonyms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German aggressiv, French agressif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡrɛsiːv/

Adjective

aggressiv (comparative aggressivare, superlative aggressivast)

  1. aggressive

Declension

Inflection of aggressiv
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular aggressiv aggressivare aggressivast
neuter singular aggressivt aggressivare aggressivast
plural aggressiva aggressivare aggressivast
masculine plural2 aggressive aggressivare aggressivast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 aggressive aggressivare aggressivaste
all aggressiva aggressivare aggressivaste

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.

Derived terms

References

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