From French naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“created, innate, native”).
naiv
| Inflection of naiv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | naiv | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | naivt | — | —2 |
| Plural | naive | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | naive | — | — |
| 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. | |||
From French naïf, from Latin nativus.
naiv (strong nominative masculine singular naiver, comparative naiver, superlative am naivsten)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist naiv | sie ist naiv | es ist naiv | sie sind naiv | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | naiver | naive | naives | naive |
| genitive | naiven | naiver | naiven | naiver | |
| dative | naivem | naiver | naivem | naiven | |
| accusative | naiven | naive | naives | naive | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der naive | die naive | das naive | die naiven |
| genitive | des naiven | der naiven | des naiven | der naiven | |
| dative | dem naiven | der naiven | dem naiven | den naiven | |
| accusative | den naiven | die naive | das naive | die naiven | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein naiver | eine naive | ein naives | (keine) naiven |
| genitive | eines naiven | einer naiven | eines naiven | (keiner) naiven | |
| dative | einem naiven | einer naiven | einem naiven | (keinen) naiven | |
| accusative | einen naiven | eine naive | ein naives | (keine) naiven | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist naiver | sie ist naiver | es ist naiver | sie sind naiver | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | naiverer | naivere | naiveres | naivere |
| genitive | naiveren | naiverer | naiveren | naiverer | |
| dative | naiverem | naiverer | naiverem | naiveren | |
| accusative | naiveren | naivere | naiveres | naivere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der naivere | die naivere | das naivere | die naiveren |
| genitive | des naiveren | der naiveren | des naiveren | der naiveren | |
| dative | dem naiveren | der naiveren | dem naiveren | den naiveren | |
| accusative | den naiveren | die naivere | das naivere | die naiveren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein naiverer | eine naivere | ein naiveres | (keine) naiveren |
| genitive | eines naiveren | einer naiveren | eines naiveren | (keiner) naiveren | |
| dative | einem naiveren | einer naiveren | einem naiveren | (keinen) naiveren | |
| accusative | einen naiveren | eine naivere | ein naiveres | (keine) naiveren | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist am naivsten | sie ist am naivsten | es ist am naivsten | sie sind am naivsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | naivster | naivste | naivstes | naivste |
| genitive | naivsten | naivster | naivsten | naivster | |
| dative | naivstem | naivster | naivstem | naivsten | |
| accusative | naivsten | naivste | naivstes | naivste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der naivste | die naivste | das naivste | die naivsten |
| genitive | des naivsten | der naivsten | des naivsten | der naivsten | |
| dative | dem naivsten | der naivsten | dem naivsten | den naivsten | |
| accusative | den naivsten | die naivste | das naivste | die naivsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein naivster | eine naivste | ein naivstes | (keine) naivsten |
| genitive | eines naivsten | einer naivsten | eines naivsten | (keiner) naivsten | |
| dative | einem naivsten | einer naivsten | einem naivsten | (keinen) naivsten | |
| accusative | einen naivsten | eine naivste | ein naivstes | (keine) naivsten | |
From German naiv, from French naïf, from Latin nativus.
naiv (comparative naivabb, superlative legnaivabb)
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | naiv | naivak |
| accusative | naivat | naivakat |
| dative | naivnak | naivaknak |
| instrumental | naivval | naivakkal |
| causal-final | naivért | naivakért |
| translative | naivvá | naivakká |
| terminative | naivig | naivakig |
| essive-formal | naivként | naivakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | naivban | naivakban |
| superessive | naivon | naivakon |
| adessive | naivnál | naivaknál |
| illative | naivba | naivakba |
| sublative | naivra | naivakra |
| allative | naivhoz | naivakhoz |
| elative | naivból | naivakból |
| delative | naivról | naivakról |
| ablative | naivtól | naivaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
naivé | naivaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
naivéi | naivakéi |
From Latin nivem, the accusative form of nix (“snow”).
naiv (Latin spelling)
naiv (masculine naiven, neuter naiivt, comparative méi naiv, superlative am naiivsten)
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass naiv | si ass naiv | et ass naiv | si si(nn) naiv | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | naiven | naiv | naiivt | naiv |
| independent without determiner | naives | naiver | |||
| dative | after any declined word | naiven | naiver | naiven | naiven |
| as first declined word | naivem | naivem | |||
From French naïf, from Latin nativus.
naiv (masculine and feminine naiv, neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)
From French naïf, from Latin nativus.
naiv (neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)
naiv m or n (feminine singular naivă, masculine plural naivi, feminine and neuter plural naive)
From Latin nivem, the accusative form of nix (“snow”).
naiv f
Ultimately from Latin nātīvus.
naiv (comparative naivare, superlative naivast)
| Inflection of naiv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | naiv | naivare | naivast |
| Neuter singular | naivt | naivare | naivast |
| Plural | naiva | naivare | naivast |
| Masculine plural3 | naive | naivare | naivast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | naive | naivare | naivaste |
| All | naiva | naivare | naivaste |
| 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 | |||