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aggressiv

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Danish

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Adjective

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aggressiv

  1. aggressive

Inflection

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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.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French agressif.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aɡʁɛˈsiːf/
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  • Hyphenation: ag‧gres‧siv

Adjective

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

  1. aggressive

Declension

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German aggressiv and French agressif.

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Adjective

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

  1. aggressive

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian aggressivo.

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Adjective

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aggressiv (feminine singular aggressiva, plural aggressivi)

  1. aggressive
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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).

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Adjective

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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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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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).

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Adjective

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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.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From German aggressiv, French agressif.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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aggressiv (comparative aggressivare, superlative aggressivast)

  1. aggressive

Declension

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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.

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