progressiv
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French progressif and English progressive, both from Latin prōgressīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁoɡʁɛˈsiːf/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pro‧gres‧siv
Adjective
progressiv (comparative progressiver, superlative am progressivsten)
- progressive (favoring or promoting progress; advanced)
- (medicine) progressive (gradually advancing in extent; increasing; advancing in severity)
- (politics) progressive (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions; liberal)
- (finance) progressive (increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases)
Declension
Positive forms of progressiv
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist progressiv | sie ist progressiv | es ist progressiv | sie sind progressiv | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | progressiver | progressive | progressives | progressive |
genitive | progressiven | progressiver | progressiven | progressiver | |
dative | progressivem | progressiver | progressivem | progressiven | |
accusative | progressiven | progressive | progressives | progressive | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der progressive | die progressive | das progressive | die progressiven |
genitive | des progressiven | der progressiven | des progressiven | der progressiven | |
dative | dem progressiven | der progressiven | dem progressiven | den progressiven | |
accusative | den progressiven | die progressive | das progressive | die progressiven | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein progressiver | eine progressive | ein progressives | (keine) progressiven |
genitive | eines progressiven | einer progressiven | eines progressiven | (keiner) progressiven | |
dative | einem progressiven | einer progressiven | einem progressiven | (keinen) progressiven | |
accusative | einen progressiven | eine progressive | ein progressives | (keine) progressiven |
Comparative forms of progressiv
Superlative forms of progressiv
Synonyms
- (favoring or promoting progress; advanced): fortschrittlich
Further reading
- progressiv in Duden online
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