conservatief
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French conservatif, from Latin cōnservātīvus. Later influenced by English conservative.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editconservatief (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
editDeclension 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
editNoun
editconservatief m or f (plural conservatieven)
- A conservative.
Categories:
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/if
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- nl:Politics
- Dutch terms with usage examples
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch nouns with multiple genders