alternatief
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternativus, from the participle stem of Latin alternāre (“to do by turns”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑl.tɛr.naːˈtif/, /ˌɑl.tər.naːˈtif/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
alternatief (not comparable)
- alternative
- alternative, deviant
- (obsolete) alternating
Inflection
| Inflection of alternatief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | alternatief | |||
| inflected | alternatieve | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | alternatief | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | alternatieve | ||
| n. sing. | alternatief | |||
| plural | alternatieve | |||
| definite | alternatieve | |||
| partitive | alternatiefs | |||
Derived terms
- alternatieveling
Noun
alternatief n (plural alternatieven, diminutive alternatiefje n)
- alternative