# naiv
## Danish
### Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“created, innate, native”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naiːv/, [naˈiːˀw]

### Adjective

naiv
* naive

#### Synonyms

* blåøjet
* enfoldig

#### Related terms

* naivisme ("naive art")
* naivist
* naivistisk
* naivitet ("naivety")

### References

* “naiv” in Den Danske Ordbog

## German
### Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.ˈiːf/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* IPA: /naˈʔiːf/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

naiv (strong nominative masculine singular naiver, comparative naiver, superlative am naivsten)
* green (inexperienced)
* naive

#### Related terms

* Naivität

### Further reading

* “naiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “naiv” in Duden online

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* naív (nonstandard but fairly common)

### Etymology

From German naiv, from French naïf, from Latin nativus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɒjiv], [ˈnɒjiːv]
* Hyphenation: na‧iv
* Rhymes: -iv, -iːv

### Adjective

naiv (comparative naivabb, superlative legnaivabb)
* naive

#### Derived terms

* naivan
* naivság

#### Related terms

* naiva
* naivitás

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* naiv in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Latin nivem, the accusative form of nix (“snow”).

### Noun

naiv (Latin spelling)
* snow

## Luxembourgish
### Adjective

naiv (masculine naiven, neuter naiivt, comparative méi naiv, superlative am naiivsten)
* naive

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

### Adjective

naiv (masculine and feminine naiv, neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)
* naive

#### Derived terms

* naivisme

### References

* “naiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “naiv” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French naïf, from Latin nativus.

### Adjective

naiv (neuter naivt, definite singular and plural naive)
* naive

#### Derived terms

* naivisme

### References

* “naiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French naïf.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naˈiv/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

naiv m or n (feminine singular naivă, masculine plural naivi, feminine and neuter plural naive)
* naive

#### Related terms

* naivitate

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* neiv (Sursilvan, Surmiran)
* nev (Sutsilvan)

### Etymology

From Latin nivem, the accusative form of nix (“snow”).

### Noun

naiv f
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) snow

## Swedish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin nātīvus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naˈiːv/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

naiv (comparative naivare, superlative naivast)
* naive, childish (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

#### Related terms

* naivitet

### Anagrams

* Ivan