conservatief
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French conservatif, from Latin cōnservātīvus. Later influenced by English conservative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔn.zɛr.vaːˈtif/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: con‧ser‧va‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
conservatief (comparative conservatiever, superlative conservatiefst)
- (politics) conservative, opposing (rapid) change, favouring a small government [from early 19th c.]
- Synonyms: behoudend, behoudsgezind
- moderate, reserved
- conservative, careful
- een conservatieve schatting
- a conservative estimate
Inflection
| Inflection of conservatief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | conservatief | |||
| inflected | conservatieve | |||
| comparative | conservatiever | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | conservatief | conservatiever | het conservatiefst het conservatiefste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | conservatieve | conservatievere | conservatiefste |
| n. sing. | conservatief | conservatiever | conservatiefste | |
| plural | conservatieve | conservatievere | conservatiefste | |
| definite | conservatieve | conservatievere | conservatiefste | |
| partitive | conservatiefs | conservatievers | — | |
Derived terms
- aartsconservatief
- conservatisme
- oerconservatief
- ultraconservatief
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