defensive
dieNoundefensiv
Word details
- German meaning
- Eine Haltung oder Strategie, die darauf ausgerichtet ist, Angriffe abzuwehren oder sich zu verteidigen.
- English meaning
- defensive
- Synonym
- Verteidigung, Abwehr
- German example
- Die Mannschaft spielte eine starke Defensive.
- English example
- The team played a strong defensive.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Defensive
- Plural Form
- die Defensiven
Related words
- verteidigen
defensive
- defensiv
defensive
- Abwehrmittel
defensive weapon
- Abwehrschlacht
Defensive battle
- Catenaccio
Catenaccio
- verteidigend
Defensive means that you protect something or someone from attacks or criticism.
- Abwehrspiel
Defensive play
- Verteidigungskrieg
Defensive war
- Wehrmauer
Defensive wall
- defensiv
Defensive
- wehrig
Defensive, resistant
- Zweckpessimismus
Defensive pessimism
- Gest
Gesture
- Wehrhaftigkeit
Defensiveness
- defensiveness
Verteidigungshaltung
- defensiveness
Abwehrhaltung
Example sentences with “defensive”
Er spielt sehr defensiv. (He plays very defensively.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'defensiv' an adjective or adverb?
It functions as both in German.