sportief

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sportif. Equivalent to sport +‎ -ief.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spɔrˈtif/
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  • Hyphenation: spor‧tief
  • Rhymes: -if

Adjective

sportief (comparative sportiever, superlative sportiefst)

  1. sporty, pertaining or partial to sports
    De winkel heeft een nieuwe sportieve collectie binnengekregen.
    The shop has received a new sporty collection.
    Dat is een heel sportief gezin.
    That is a very sporty family.
  2. sportsmanlike, fair
    Bij vechtsporten is het wel zo sportief om je tegenstander in leven te laten.
    It is rather sportsmanlike in martial arts to leave your opponent alive.

Inflection
Inflection of sportief
uninflected sportief
inflected sportieve
comparative sportiever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sportiefsportieverhet sportiefst
het sportiefste
indefinite m./f. sing. sportievesportieveresportiefste
n. sing. sportiefsportieversportiefste
plural sportievesportieveresportiefste
definite sportievesportieveresportiefste
partitive sportiefssportievers—

Derived terms
  • onsportief
  • sportiviteit

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sportief
  • → Indonesian: sportif
  • → Papiamentu: spòrtif
  • → West Frisian: sportyf
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