konservativ
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French conservatif (“conservative”), from Latin cōnservātus, perfect participle of cōnservāre (“preserve, conserve”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
konservativ
- conservative
- Antonym: progressiv
Inflection edit
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 edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English conservative in the 1830s, from Medieval Latin conservatīvus, from cōnservāre (“preserve, conserve”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
konservativ (strong nominative masculine singular konservativer, comparative konservativer, superlative am konservativsten)
Declension edit
Positive forms of konservativ
Comparative forms of konservativ
Superlative forms of konservativ
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "tending to resist change"): progressiv
Further reading edit
- “konservativ” in Duden online
- “konservativ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
konservativ (neuter singular konservativt, definite singular and plural konservative)
References edit
- “konservativ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
konservativ (neuter singular konservativt, definite singular and plural konservative)
References edit
- “konservativ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
konservativ (comparative konservativare, superlative konservativast)
- conservative ((marked by) (often) resisting change)
- (politics) conservative
- (politics, nominalized) a conservative
- (medicine) conservative (not including any operation)
Declension edit
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 |