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
indefinite common singular naiv 2
indefinite 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): /na.ˈiːf/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • IPA(key): /naˈʔiːf/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

naiv (strong nominative masculine singular naiver, comparative naiver, superlative am naivsten)

  1. green (inexperienced)
  2. naive

Declension

Further reading

  • naiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • naiv” in Duden online

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • naív (nonstandard but fairly common)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒjiv], [ˈnɒjiːv]
  • Hyphenation: na‧iv
  • Rhymes: -iv, -iːv

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
non-attributive
possessive – singular
naivé naivaké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
naivéi naivakéi

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

Further reading

  • naiv in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ladino

Etymology

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

Noun

naiv

  1. snow

Luxembourgish

Adjective

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

  1. naive

Declension

Declension of naiv
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative
attributive and/or after determiner naiven naiivt
independent without determiner naives naiver
dative after any declined word naiven naiver naiven naiven
as first declined word naivem naivem

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 (neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)

  1. naive

Derived terms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈiv/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

  1. naive

Declension

Declension of naiv
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite naiv naivă naivi naive
definite naivul naiva naivii naivele
genitive-
dative
indefinite naiv naive naivi naive
definite naivului naivei naivilor naivelor

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

naiv f

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snow

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin nātīvus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈiːv/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

naiv (comparative naivare, superlative naivast)

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

Declension

Inflection of naiv
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular naiv naivare naivast
neuter singular naivt naivare naivast
plural naiva naivare naivast
masculine plural2 naive naivare naivast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 naive naivare naivaste
all naiva naivare naivaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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