"Initiative" meaning in German

See Initiative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-Initiative.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from French initiative. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|fr:initiative}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "initiative", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Initiative", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Initiative">, {{bor+|de|fr|initiative}} Borrowed from French initiative Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Initiative f (genitive Initiative, plural Initiativen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Initiative [genitive], Initiativen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Initiative [nominative, singular], Initiativen [definite, nominative, plural], Initiative [genitive, singular], Initiativen [definite, genitive, plural], Initiative [dative, singular], Initiativen [dative, definite, plural], Initiative [accusative, singular], Initiativen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. initiative Tags: feminine Synonyms: Anstoß
    Sense id: en-Initiative-de-noun-Bj~kvzYz Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (politics) initiative Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Initiative-de-noun-Bj~kvzYz1 Categories (other): Politics, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Eigeninitiative, Bürgerinitiative

Inflected forms

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