positief
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch positief, from French positif, from Latin positivus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpʊə̯.siˈtif/
Adjective
positief (attributive positiewe, comparative positiewer, superlative positiefste)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpoː.ziˈtif/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: po‧si‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French positif, from Latin positivus.
Adjective
positief (comparative positiever, superlative positiefst)
Declension
| Declension of positief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | positief | |||
| inflected | positieve | |||
| comparative | positiever | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | positief | positiever | het positiefst het positiefste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | positieve | positievere | positiefste |
| n. sing. | positief | positiever | positiefste | |
| plural | positieve | positievere | positiefste | |
| definite | positieve | positievere | positiefste | |
| partitive | positiefs | positievers | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
positief m (plural positieven)
- positive form of an adjective
- Synonym: stellende trap
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English positive, ultimately from Latin positivus.
Noun
positief n (plural positieven)
- positive of an image