konservativ
Danish
Etymology
From French conservatif (“conservative”), from Latin cōnservātus, perfect participle of cōnservāre (“preserve, conserve”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
konservativ
- conservative
- Antonym: progressiv
Inflection
Inflection of konservativ | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | konservativ | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | konservativt | — | —2 |
Plural | konservative | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | konservative | — | — |
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. |
Further reading
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English conservative in the 1830s, from Medieval Latin conservatīvus, from cōnservāre (“preserve, conserve”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
konservativ (strong nominative masculine singular konservativer, comparative konservativer, superlative am konservativsten)
Declension
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “tending to resist change”): progressiv
Further reading
- “konservativ” in Duden online
- “konservativ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
konservativ (neuter singular konservativt, definite singular and plural konservative)
References
- “konservativ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
konservativ (neuter singular konservativt, definite singular and plural konservative)
References
- “konservativ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Adjective
konservativ (comparative konservativare, superlative konservativast)
- conservative ((marked by) (often) resisting change)
- (politics) conservative
- (politics, nominalized) a conservative
- (medicine) conservative (not including any operation)
Declension
Inflection of konservativ | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | konservativ | konservativare | konservativast |
Neuter singular | konservativt | konservativare | konservativast |
Plural | konservativa | konservativare | konservativast |
Masculine plural3 | konservative | konservativare | konservativast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | konservative | konservativare | konservativaste |
All | konservativa | konservativare | konservativaste |
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 |
Related terms
References
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- Danish terms derived from French
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- Swedish terms with audio links
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- sv:Politics
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- sv:Medicine