respektive

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin respective, from Latin respectivus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /respəktiːvə/, [ˈʁæsb̥əɡ̊ˌtˢiːˀvə]

Adjective

respektive

  1. respective
    De kom med deres respektive bidrag.
    They brought their respective contributions.

Inflection
Inflection of respektive
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular respektive — —2
Neuter singular respektive — —2
Plural respektive — —2
Definite attributive1 respektive — —
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.

Esperanto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /respekˈtive/
  • Hyphenation: res‧pek‧ti‧ve

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /respɛkˈtiːve/
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Hyphenation: res‧pek‧ti‧ve

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

respektive

  1. definite singular of respektiv
  2. plural form of respektiv

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

respektive

  1. definite singular of respektiv
  2. plural form of respektiv

Adverb

respektive

  1. respectively

References

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • resp. (only the conjunction)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin respectīvus (“concerning”), from respectus + -īvus.

Conjunction

respektive

  1. respectively
    Stockholm och Göteborg har två respektive ett bibliotek.
    Stockholm and Gothenburg have one and two libraries, respectively.

Adjective

respektive (invariable)

  1. respective
    Stockholm och Göteborg julpyntade sina respektive bibliotek
    Stockholm and Gothenburg Christmas decorated their respective libraries.

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the adjective above. Literal translation to English would be ”respective one”.

Noun

respektive c (invariable)

  1. Partner in marriage.
    Jag och min respektive älskar varandra.
    Me and my partner love each other.

Declension
Declension of respektive 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative respektive - respektive -
Genitive respektives - respektives -

References
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