assertief
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English assertive.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑ.sɛrˈtif/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: as‧ser‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
assertief (comparative assertiever, superlative assertiefst)
Declension
| Declension of assertief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | assertief | |||
| inflected | assertieve | |||
| comparative | assertiever | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | assertief | assertiever | het assertiefst het assertiefste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | assertieve | assertievere | assertiefste |
| n. sing. | assertief | assertiever | assertiefste | |
| plural | assertieve | assertievere | assertiefste | |
| definite | assertieve | assertievere | assertiefste | |
| partitive | assertiefs | assertievers | — | |
Derived terms
- assertiviteit
- subassertief
Descendants
- → Indonesian: asertif
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “assertief”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute