naiv

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /naiːv/, [naˈiːˀw]

Adjective

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naiv

  1. naive

Inflection

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Inflection of naiv
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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

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References

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German

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Etymology

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From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /na.ˈiːf/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • IPA(key): /naˈʔiːf/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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

  1. green (inexperienced)
  2. naive

Declension

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Further reading

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

Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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  • naív (nonstandard but fairly common)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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naiv (comparative naivabb, superlative legnaivabb)

  1. naive

Declension

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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

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References

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  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

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

Ladino

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Etymology

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

Noun

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naiv (Latin spelling)

  1. snow

Luxembourgish

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Adjective

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

  1. naive

Declension

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

Adjective

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

  1. naive

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

Adjective

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naiv (neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)

  1. naive

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French naïf.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. naive

Declension

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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naiv f

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snow

Swedish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin nātīvus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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naiv (comparative naivare, superlative naivast)

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

Declension

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Inflection of naiv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular naiv naivare naivast
Neuter singular naivt naivare naivast
Plural naiva naivare naivast
Masculine plural3 naive 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.
3) Dated or archaic
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