-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 demonstratief, informatief, etc.). Those words tend to either be borrowed from French (see -atif) and/or Latin (in which -ativus is a common ending which is not in fact a suffix proper), or they were formed by adding the suffix -ief in Dutch to a base word ending in -atie. === Suffix === -atief -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 -ief from words ending in -atie. Thus, for example, demonstratief, lucratief, negatief and informatief are all not formed using -atief, though they superficially contain it. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====