offensiv
German, adjective/ˈɔ.fɛnˌziːf/
offensiv is spelled O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offensiv is a German adjective meaning “offensive, attacking, aggressive (but not in the sense of “insulting”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass angegriffen wird”.
What does offensiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
offensive, attacking, aggressive (but not in the sense of “insulting”)
Die offensiven Fähigkeiten des Heeres sind gering.
- 2
assertive, forthright, active, direct
Der Geschäftsführer wurde für sein offensives Umgehen mit der Unternehmenskrise gelobt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass angegriffen wird 2. so, dass ein Ziel aktiv und provokant verfolgt wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of offensiv
- offensiver masculine nominative singular
- am offensivsten superlative
- offensive feminine nominative singular
- offensives neuter nominative singular
- offensiven genitive masculine singular
- offensivem dative masculine singular
- der offensive definite includes-article masculine
- die offensive definite feminine includes-article
- das offensive definite includes-article neuter
- die offensiven definite includes-article nominative
- des offensiven definite genitive includes-article
- der offensiven definite feminine genitive
- dem offensiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce offensiv?
- /ˈɔ.fɛnˌziːf/
- standard /ˌɔ.fɛnˈziːf/
- /ˈɔ.fn̩ˌziːf/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to offensiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is offensiv in German?
offensiv appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).