speculatief
Dutch
Alternative forms
- speculatijf (obsolete)
- speculatyf (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French spéculatif or Latin speculātīvus. Equivalent to speculatie + -ief.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌspeː.ky.laːˈtif/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spe‧cu‧la‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
speculatief (comparative speculatiever, superlative speculatiefst)
- speculative, conjectural
- speculative, pertaining to financial speculation
Inflection
| Inflection of speculatief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | speculatief | |||
| inflected | speculatieve | |||
| comparative | speculatiever | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | speculatief | speculatiever | het speculatiefst het speculatiefste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | speculatieve | speculatievere | speculatiefste |
| n. sing. | speculatief | speculatiever | speculatiefste | |
| plural | speculatieve | speculatievere | speculatiefste | |
| definite | speculatieve | speculatievere | speculatiefste | |
| partitive | speculatiefs | speculatievers | — | |
Descendants
- Afrikaans: spekulatief
- → Indonesian: spekulatif
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