negatief

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch negatief, from Middle Dutch negatijf, from Middle French négatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus.

Adjective

negatief (attributive negatiewe, comparative negatiewer, superlative negatiefste)

  1. negative

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch negatijf, from Middle French négatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌneː.xaːˈtif/
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  • Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧tief
  • Rhymes: -if

Adjective

negatief (comparative negatiever, superlative negatiefst)

  1. negative

Declension

Declension of negatief
uninflected negatief
inflected negatieve
comparative negatiever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial negatief negatiever het negatiefst
het negatiefste
indefinite m./f. sing. negatieve negatievere negatiefste
n. sing. negatief negatiever negatiefste
plural negatieve negatievere negatiefste
definite negatieve negatievere negatiefste
partitive negatiefs negatievers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: negatief
  • → Indonesian: negatif
  • → Papiamentu: negatif

Noun

negatief n (plural negatieven, diminutive negatiefje n)

  1. a negative, a negative image

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