naiv

Danish

Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nātīvus (created, innate, native).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naiːv/, [naˈiːˀw]

Adjective

naiv

  1. naive

Inflection

Inflection of naiv
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular naiv 2
Neuter singular naivt 2
Plural naive 2
Definite attributive1 naive
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.

Synonyms

References


German

Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈʔiːf/
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Adjective

naiv (comparative naiver, superlative am naivsten)

  1. green (inexperienced)
  2. naive

Declension

Further reading

  • naiv in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From German naiv, from French naïf, from Latin nativus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒʲiv]
  • Hyphenation: na‧iv

Adjective

naiv (comparative naivabb, superlative legnaivabb)

  1. naive

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative naiv naivak
accusative naivat naivakat
dative naivnak naivaknak
instrumental naivval naivakkal
causal-final naivért naivakért
translative naivvá naivakká
terminative naivig naivakig
essive-formal naivként naivakként
essive-modal
inessive naivban naivakban
superessive naivon naivakon
adessive naivnál naivaknál
illative naivba naivakba
sublative naivra naivakra
allative naivhoz naivakhoz
elative naivból naivakból
delative naivról naivakról
ablative naivtól naivaktól

Derived terms

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin nivem, the accusative form of nix (snow).

Noun

naiv ? (Latin spelling)

  1. snow

Luxembourgish

Adjective

naiv (masculine naiven, neuter naiivt, comparative méi naiv, superlative am naiivsten)

  1. naive

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus

Adjective

naiv (masculine and feminine naiv, neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)

  1. naive

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus

Adjective

naiv (masculine and feminine naiv, neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)

  1. naive

Derived terms

References


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈiv/

Adjective

naiv m or n (feminine singular naivă, masculine plural naivi, feminine and neuter plural naive)

  1. naive

Declension

  • naivitate

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sursilvan, Surmiran) neiv
  • (Sutsilvan) nev

Etymology

From Latin nivem, the accusative form of nix (snow).

Noun

naiv f

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snow

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

naiv (comparative naivare, superlative naivast)

  1. naive, childish (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Declension

Inflection of naiv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular naiv naivare naivast
Neuter singular naivt naivare naivast
Plural naiva naivare naivast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 naive naivare naivaste
All naiva naivare naivaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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