brav
Breton
Adjective
brav
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
brav (strong nominative masculine singular braver, comparative braver, superlative am bravsten)
- (of people, especially children, and pets) good, well-behaved, obedient
- Ich verspreche, brav zu sein.
- I promise to be good.
- (of people, especially adults, dated) honest, upright, upstanding
- (of clothes, behaviour) conventional, conservative, dowdy
Declension
Positive forms of brav
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist brav | sie ist brav | es ist brav | sie sind brav | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | braver | brave | braves | brave |
genitive | braven | braver | braven | braver | |
dative | bravem | braver | bravem | braven | |
accusative | braven | brave | braves | brave | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der brave | die brave | das brave | die braven |
genitive | des braven | der braven | des braven | der braven | |
dative | dem braven | der braven | dem braven | den braven | |
accusative | den braven | die brave | das brave | die braven | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein braver | eine brave | ein braves | (keine) braven |
genitive | eines braven | einer braven | eines braven | (keiner) braven | |
dative | einem braven | einer braven | einem braven | (keinen) braven | |
accusative | einen braven | eine brave | ein braves | (keine) braven |
Comparative forms of brav
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist braver | sie ist braver | es ist braver | sie sind braver | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | braverer | bravere | braveres | bravere |
genitive | braveren | braverer | braveren | braverer | |
dative | braverem | braverer | braverem | braveren | |
accusative | braveren | bravere | braveres | bravere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der bravere | die bravere | das bravere | die braveren |
genitive | des braveren | der braveren | des braveren | der braveren | |
dative | dem braveren | der braveren | dem braveren | den braveren | |
accusative | den braveren | die bravere | das bravere | die braveren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein braverer | eine bravere | ein braveres | (keine) braveren |
genitive | eines braveren | einer braveren | eines braveren | (keiner) braveren | |
dative | einem braveren | einer braveren | einem braveren | (keinen) braveren | |
accusative | einen braveren | eine bravere | ein braveres | (keine) braveren |
Superlative forms of brav
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am bravsten | sie ist am bravsten | es ist am bravsten | sie sind am bravsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | bravster | bravste | bravstes | bravste |
genitive | bravsten | bravster | bravsten | bravster | |
dative | bravstem | bravster | bravstem | bravsten | |
accusative | bravsten | bravste | bravstes | bravste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der bravste | die bravste | das bravste | die bravsten |
genitive | des bravsten | der bravsten | des bravsten | der bravsten | |
dative | dem bravsten | der bravsten | dem bravsten | den bravsten | |
accusative | den bravsten | die bravste | das bravste | die bravsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein bravster | eine bravste | ein bravstes | (keine) bravsten |
genitive | eines bravsten | einer bravsten | eines bravsten | (keiner) bravsten | |
dative | einem bravsten | einer bravsten | einem bravsten | (keinen) bravsten | |
accusative | einen bravsten | eine bravste | ein bravstes | (keine) bravsten |
Further reading
- “brav” in Duden online
- “brav” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “brav”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Adjective
brav
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Low German brav and French brave, from Italian bravo.
Adjective
brav (masculine and feminine brav, neuter bravt, definite singular and plural brave, comparative bravere, indefinite superlative bravest, definite superlative braveste)
Synonyms
References
Romanian
Etymology
From French brave, from Italian bravo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
brav m or n (feminine singular bravă, masculine plural bravi, feminine and neuter plural brave)
Declension
Declension of brav
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *borvъ.
Noun
brav m (Cyrillic spelling брав)
Declension
Declension of brav
Synonyms
Slovak
Noun
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Further reading
- “brav”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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