demonstrativ
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French démonstratif.
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]demonstrativ (strong nominative masculine singular demonstrativer, comparative demonstrativer, superlative am demonstrativsten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of demonstrativ
Comparative forms of demonstrativ
Superlative forms of demonstrativ
Further reading
[edit]- “demonstrativ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “demonstrativ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French démonstratif, from Latin demonstrativus. By surface analysis, demonstra + -tiv.
Adjective
[edit]demonstrativ m or n (feminine singular demonstrativă, masculine plural demonstrativi, feminine and neuter plural demonstrative)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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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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