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offensiv

B1 Adjective frequency rank #7,864

What offensiv means

Adjective

  1. offensive, attacking, aggressive (but not in the sense of “insulting”)
  2. assertive, forthright, active, direct

Pronunciation

offensiv in a sentence

Die offensiven Fähigkeiten des Heeres sind gering.

The army’s offensive capabilities are minimal.

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offensiv is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #7,864 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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