demonstrativ
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Danish
Etymology
From French démonstratif.
Adjective
demonstrativ
- (grammar) demonstrative
- ostentatious, unsubtly expressing an opinion without actually articulating it
- 2017, Lisbeth Werner, Puk sætter rekord, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
- ... Karen ... smækkede døren efter sig på en meget demonstrativ måde.
- Karen slammed the door behind in a very ostentatious way.
- 2015, Katrine Marie Guldager, København, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
- Hun tog et stort sug af cigaretten og pustede røgen ud på en meget demonstrativ måde.
- She inhaled deeply from the cigarette and exhaled the smoke in a very ostentatious way.
- 2013, Morten Hesseldahl, En tid til at dø, Modtryk, →ISBN:
- “En beskeden mand,” siger Kasper. “Beskeden på en meget demonstrativ måde i så fald.
- "A modest man," Kasper says. "In that case, modest in a very ostentatious way.
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | demonstrativ | — | —2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | demonstrativt | — | —2 |
| plural | demonstrative | — | —2 |
| definite attributive1 | demonstrative | — | — |
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.
Derived terms
- demonstrativt
- demonstrativt pronomen
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
demonstrativ (strong nominative masculine singular demonstrativer, comparative demonstrativer, superlative am demonstrativsten)
Declension
Positive forms of demonstrativ
Comparative forms of demonstrativ
Superlative forms of demonstrativ
Further reading
- “demonstrativ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “demonstrativ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French démonstratif, from Latin demonstrativus. By surface analysis, demonstra + -tiv.
Adjective
demonstrativ m or n (feminine singular demonstrativă, masculine plural demonstrativi, feminine and neuter plural demonstrative)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | demonstrativ | demonstrativă | demonstrativi | demonstrative | |||
| definite | demonstrativul | demonstrativa | demonstrativii | demonstrativele | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | demonstrativ | demonstrative | demonstrativi | demonstrative | |||
| definite | demonstrativului | demonstrativei | demonstrativilor | demonstrativelor | ||||
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