ostentativ

German

Etymology

Latinate back-formation from Ostentation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔstɛntaˈtiːf/
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Adjective

ostentativ (strong nominative masculine singular ostentativer, comparative ostentativer, superlative am ostentativsten)

  1. ostentatious
    • 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern [] [The World of Yesterday]‎[1]:
      Jeder wandte sich 1919 ostentativ von ihm ab, der ihn 1914 noch gefeiert.
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Declension

Further reading

  • ostentativ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ostentativ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ostentativo or German ostentativ.

Adjective

ostentativ m or n (feminine singular ostentativă, masculine plural ostentativi, feminine and neuter plural ostentative)

  1. ostentatious

Declension

Declension of ostentativ
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite ostentativ ostentativă ostentativi ostentative
definite ostentativul ostentativa ostentativii ostentativele
genitive-
dative
indefinite ostentativ ostentative ostentativi ostentative
definite ostentativului ostentativei ostentativilor ostentativelor