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)
- 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
Positive forms of ostentativ
Comparative forms of ostentativ
Superlative forms of ostentativ
Related terms
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)
Declension
| 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 | ||||