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suppressiv

German, adjective/zʊpʁɛˈsiːf/

suppressiv is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-V (10 letters). Suppressiv is a German adjective meaning “suppressive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine unterdrückende oder hemmende Wirkung habend”.

What does suppressiv mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    suppressive

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. eine unterdrückende oder hemmende Wirkung habend

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 suppressiv

  • suppressiver masculine nominative singular
  • am suppressivsten superlative
  • suppressive feminine nominative singular
  • suppressives neuter nominative singular
  • suppressiven genitive masculine singular
  • suppressivem dative masculine singular
  • der suppressive definite includes-article masculine
  • die suppressive definite feminine includes-article
  • das suppressive definite includes-article neuter
  • die suppressiven definite includes-article nominative
  • des suppressiven definite genitive includes-article
  • der suppressiven definite feminine genitive
  • dem suppressiven dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce suppressiv?

  • /zʊpʁɛˈsiːf/
  • [zʊpʁɛˈsiːf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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