-atief

Dutch Etymology As a suffix formed by analogy with other Dutch words ending in -atief, which are almost never actually formed using this suffix (see Usage notes) (such as nl demonstratief, nl informatief, etc.). Those words tend to either be borrowed from nl fr - (see fr -atif) and/or nl la - (in which -ativus is a common ending which is not in fact a suffix proper), or they were formed by adding the suffix nl -ief in Dutch to a base word ending in nl -atie. Suffix -atiever -ative adjectival suffix Usage notes Very rarely actually a productive suffix in Dutch in and of itself (see Derived terms); most words that superficially contain it are actually either direct borrowings from Latin or French, or are built with the suffix nl -ief from words ending in nl -atie. Thus, for example, nl demonstratief, nl lucratief, nl negatief and nl informatief are all not formed using -atief, though they superficially contain it. Declension -atieve Derived terms nl