speculatief

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French spéculatif or Latin speculātīvus. Equivalent to speculatie +‎ -ief.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌspeː.ky.laːˈtif/
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  • Hyphenation: spe‧cu‧la‧tief
  • Rhymes: -if

Adjective

speculatief (comparative speculatiever, superlative speculatiefst)

  1. speculative, conjectural
  2. speculative, pertaining to financial speculation

Declension

Declension of speculatief
uninflected speculatief
inflected speculatieve
comparative speculatiever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial speculatief speculatiever het speculatiefst
het speculatiefste
indefinite m./f. sing. speculatieve speculatievere speculatiefste
n. sing. speculatief speculatiever speculatiefste
plural speculatieve speculatievere speculatiefste
definite speculatieve speculatievere speculatiefste
partitive speculatiefs speculatievers

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: spekulatief
  • Indonesian: spekulatif