Defensive

See also: defensive and défensive

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [defɛnˈziːvə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: De‧fen‧si‧ve

Noun

Defensive f (genitive Defensive, plural Defensiven)

1. defense (means, attitude or position of defense)

   Synonym: Verteidigungsstellung

   Antonym: Offensive

   in der Defensive ― on the defensive

Declension

Declension of Defensive [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Defensive	die	Defensiven
genitive	einer	der	Defensive	der	Defensiven
dative	einer	der	Defensive	den	Defensiven
accusative	eine	die	Defensive	die	Defensiven

Further reading

• “Defensive”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Defensive” in Duden online