progressief
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from French progressif, from Latin prōgressīvus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
progressief (comparative progressiever, superlative progressiefst)
- progressive, pertaining to or favouring left-leaning, emancipatory or innovative politics, pertaining to or supporting progressivism [from 19th c.]
- progressive, pertaining to progress [from early 19th c.]
- progressive, which progresses (e.g. becomes increasingly severe)
- progressive, placing proportionally higher burdens in relation to a quantity (e.g. income, wealth), often in relations to taxes or rates
- progressive, pertaining to subsequent elements [from 19th c.]
Inflection edit
| Inflection of progressief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | progressief | |||
| inflected | progressieve | |||
| comparative | progressiever | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | progressief | progressiever | het progressiefst het progressiefste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | progressieve | progressievere | progressiefste |
| n. sing. | progressief | progressiever | progressiefste | |
| plural | progressieve | progressievere | progressiefste | |
| definite | progressieve | progressievere | progressiefste | |
| partitive | progressiefs | progressievers | — | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: progressief
- → Indonesian: progressif
- → West Frisian: progressyf