intensiv

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin intēnsīvus

Adjective

intensiv

  1. intensive

Inflection

Inflection of intensiv
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular intensiv 2
Indefinite neuter singular intensivt 2
Plural intensive 2
Definite attributive1 intensive
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.

References

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪntɛnˈziːf/
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Adjective

intensiv (strong nominative masculine singular intensiver, comparative intensiver, superlative am intensivsten)

  1. intense
  2. acute
  3. intensive

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian intensivo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn.tɛnˈsiːf/
  • (file)

Adjective

intensiv (feminine singular intensiva, plural intensivi)

  1. intensive

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin intēnsīvus

Adjective

intensiv (neuter singular intensivt, definite singular and plural intensive)

  1. intensive
  2. intense

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin intēnsīvus

Adjective

intensiv (neuter singular intensivt, definite singular and plural intensive)

  1. intensive
  2. intense

Derived terms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intensif. Equivalent to intens + -iv.

Adjective

intensiv m or n (feminine singular intensivă, masculine plural intensivi, feminine and neuter plural intensive)

  1. intensive

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Ultimately from Medieval Latin intēnsīvus

Adjective

intensiv (comparative intensivare, superlative intensivast)

  1. intensive
Inflection
Inflection of intensiv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular intensiv intensivare intensivast
Neuter singular intensivt intensivare intensivast
Plural intensiva intensivare intensivast
Masculine plural3 intensive intensivare intensivast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 intensive intensivare intensivaste
All intensiva intensivare intensivaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of intensivvårdsavdelning (intensive care unit). According to SO; attested since the 1960s.

Noun

intensiv c

  1. (medicine, colloquial) intensive care unit
    Synonym: IVA
    Han ligger på intensiven.
    He's at the intensive care unit.
    (literally, “He lies at the intensive.”)
Declension
Declension of intensiv 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative intensiv intensiven intensiver intensiverna
Genitive intensivs intensivens intensivers intensivernas

References

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