respektive

respektive

Danish

Alternative forms

• resp.

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.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

respektive

1. respectively

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German

Alternative forms

• resp. (abbreviation)
• respective (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /respɛkˈtiːve/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: res‧pek‧ti‧ve

Adverb

respektive

1. respectively

Further reading

• respektive in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

respektive

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

Adverb

respektive

1. respectively

References

• “respektive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

respektive

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

Adverb

respektive

1. respectively

References

• “respektive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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

• respektive in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
• respektive-(1) in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
• respektive-(2) in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
• respektive in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)