instinktiv

Danish

Etymology

From instinkt +‎ -iv.

Adjective

instinktiv (neuter instinktivt, plural and definite singular attributive instinktive)

  1. instinctive
    Synonym: instinktmæssig

Inflection

Inflection of instinktiv
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular instinktiv 2
indefinite neuter singular instinktivt 2
plural instinktive 2
definite attributive1 instinktive

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.

See also

References

German

Etymology

Instinkt +‎ -iv

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnstɪŋkˈtiːf/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adjective

instinktiv (strong nominative masculine singular instinktiver, comparative instinktiver, superlative am instinktivsten)

  1. instinctive

Declension

Further reading

  • instinktiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • instinktiv” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French instinctif.

Adjective

instinktiv (masculine and feminine instinktiv, neuter instinktivt, definite singular and plural instinktive)

  1. instinctive

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French instinctif.

Adjective

instinktiv (neuter instinktivt, definite singular and plural instinktive)

  1. instinctive

References

Swedish

Adjective

instinktiv (not comparable)

  1. instinctive

Declension

Inflection of instinktiv
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular instinktiv
neuter singular instinktivt
plural instinktiva
masculine plural2 instinktive
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 instinktive
all instinktiva

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References