konservativ
Danish
Etymology
From French conservatif (“conservative”), from Latin cōnservātus, perfect participle of cōnservāre (“preserve, conserve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konsɛrvatiːv/, [kʰɔnˈsæɐ̯vaˌtˢiwˀ] or IPA(key): /kɔnsɛrvatiːv/, [kʰʌnˈsæɐ̯vaˌtˢiwˀ]
Inflection
Inflection of konservativ | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | konservativ | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | konservativt | — | —2 |
Plural | konservative | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | konservative | — | — |
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. |
Further reading
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English conservative in the 1830s, from Medieval Latin conservatīvus, from cōnservāre (“preserve, conserve”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔnzɛɐ̯vaˈtiːf/, /ˈkɔnzɛɐ̯vaˌtiːf/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file)
Adjective
konservativ (strong nominative masculine singular konservativer, comparative konservativer, superlative am konservativsten)
Declension
Positive forms of konservativ
Comparative forms of konservativ
Superlative forms of konservativ
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “tending to resist change”): progressiv
Further reading
- “konservativ” in Duden online
- “konservativ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
konservativ (neuter singular konservativt, definite singular and plural konservative)
References
- “konservativ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
konservativ (neuter singular konservativt, definite singular and plural konservative)
References
- “konservativ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
konservativ (comparative konservativare, superlative konservativast)
- conservative ((marked by) (often) resisting change)
- (politics) conservative
- (politics, nominalized) a conservative
- (medicine) conservative (not including any operation)
Declension
Inflection of konservativ | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | konservativ | konservativare | konservativast |
Neuter singular | konservativt | konservativare | konservativast |
Plural | konservativa | konservativare | konservativast |
Masculine plural3 | konservative | konservativare | konservativast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | konservative | konservativare | konservativaste |
All | konservativa | konservativare | konservativaste |
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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