explosiv

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

explosiv (strong nominative masculine singular explosiver, comparative explosiver, superlative am explosivsten)

  1. explosive

Declension

Positive forms of explosiv
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist explosiv sie ist explosiv es ist explosiv sie sind explosiv
strong declension
(without article)
nominative explosiver explosive explosives explosive
genitive explosiven explosiver explosiven explosiver
dative explosivem explosiver explosivem explosiven
accusative explosiven explosive explosives explosive
weak declension
(with definite article)
nominative der explosive die explosive das explosive die explosiven
genitive des explosiven der explosiven des explosiven der explosiven
dative dem explosiven der explosiven dem explosiven den explosiven
accusative den explosiven die explosive das explosive die explosiven
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)
nominative ein explosiver eine explosive ein explosives (keine) explosiven
genitive eines explosiven einer explosiven eines explosiven (keiner) explosiven
dative einem explosiven einer explosiven einem explosiven (keinen) explosiven
accusative einen explosiven eine explosive ein explosives (keine) explosiven

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

explosiv (comparative explosivare, superlative explosivast)

  1. explosive (literally or figuratively)

Usage notes

For explosive developments and the like, explosionsartad is often more idiomatic, unless the implication is "volatile" or the like.

Declension

Inflection of explosiv
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular explosiv explosivare explosivast
neuter singular explosivt explosivare explosivast
plural explosiva explosivare explosivast
masculine plural2 explosive explosivare explosivast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 explosive explosivare explosivaste
all explosiva explosivare explosivaste

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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