Is it der, die or das Offensive?

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Offensive

The correct article in German of Offensive is die. So it is die Offensive! (nominative case)

The word Offensive is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.

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German declension of Offensive?

How does the declension of Offensive work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	die Offensive	die Offensiven
Genitive	der Offensive	der Offensiven
Dative	der Offensive	den Offensiven
Akkusative	die Offensive	die Offensiven

What is the meaning of Offensive in German?

Offensive has various definitions in German:

[1] Procedure against an opponent or enemy

[1] Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind

[2] Determined operations firm to enforce something

[2] entschlossener Einsatz; festes Vorhaben, etwas durchzusetzen

How to use Offensive in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Offensive with translations in English.

[1] „Es wird von einer Offensive gemunkelt.“

[1] "It will be rumored by an offensive"

[1] „Man wußte, wann die Offensive losging, die Mädchen brachten es mit, die bei den hohen Offizieren bedienten.“

[1] "You knew when the offensive started, the girls brought it with them who served with the high officers"

[1] „Von dem Erfolg bei Kursk befeuert, war das sowjetische Oberkommando mit Zuversicht und Kühnheit zur Offensive übergegangen.“

[1] "Fired of the success at Kursk, the Soviet chief command was transferred to the offensive with confidence and boldness"

[1] „Ich war nach Riga gefahren, um die Einzelheiten der nächsten Offensive zu besprechen, und hatte in dem aus amerikanischen Lustspielfilmen bekannten wackligen Fordwagen zwei Kameraden mitgenommen.“

[1] "I went to Riga to discuss the details of the next offensive, and had two comrades in the shaky Ford car known from American comedy films"

[2] „Der tunesische Präsident Habib Bourguiba hat wieder einmal eine diplomatische Offensive gestartet, durch die er die Gründung eines ‚Staates Palästina‘ schmackhaft machen will.“

[2] "The Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba has once again launched a diplomatic offensive through which he will make the establishment of a 'state of Palestine' tasty"

[2] „Gleichzeitig begann er eine psychologische Offensive gegen die in der Sierra Maestra zusammengezogenen Armeetruppen.“

[2] "At the same time he started a psychological offensive against the army troops pulled together in the Sierra Maestra"

[2] „Ich fragte mich mal wieder, wie das Leben wohl war, bevor die EU im Jahre 2002 ihre Offensive gegen die Tabakindustrie mit dem Verbot von Tabak-Werbung startete.“

[2] "I wondered again how life was probably before the EU started its offensive against the tobacco industry in 2002 with the ban on tobacco advertising"