naiv
German, adjective/na.ˈiːf/
naiv is spelled N-A-I-V (4 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naiv is a German adjective meaning “green (inexperienced)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Hintergedanken blind vertrauend, nicht gekünstelt und aufrichtig”.
What does naiv mean in English?
adjective
- 1
green (inexperienced)
- 2
naive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Hintergedanken blind vertrauend, nicht gekünstelt und aufrichtig 2. über wenig Erfahrung und/oder Sachkenntnis verfügend und daher nicht sehr scharfsinnig erscheinend 3. gänzlich im Einklang mit der Natur sowie der Wirklichkeit stehend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of naiv
- naiver masculine nominative singular
- am naivsten superlative
- naive feminine nominative singular
- naives neuter nominative singular
- naiven genitive masculine singular
- naivem dative masculine singular
- der naive definite includes-article masculine
- die naive definite feminine includes-article
- das naive definite includes-article neuter
- die naiven definite includes-article nominative
- des naiven definite genitive includes-article
- der naiven definite feminine genitive
- dem naiven dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naiv?
- /na.ˈiːf/
- /naˈʔiːf/
- [naˈiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to naiv
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naiv in German?
naiv appears 8.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).