naive
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naive
Showing a childlike, unsuspecting, or simple-minded attitude, often due to a lack of experience or judgment. It can mean that someone is too trusting.
Es war naiv von mir zu glauben, dass sich die Dinge von allein ändern würden.
It was naive of me to believe that things would change on their own.
naive
In art, a style characterized by a deliberately simple, childlike, and non-academic manner of representation.
Die Ausstellung zeigte Bilder der naiven Malerei aus Osteuropa.
The exhibition showed works of naive painting from Eastern Europe.
A typical sentence structure is 'Es ist naiv von jemandem, etwas zu tun/denken' (It is naive of someone to do/think something). An infinitive with 'zu' or a 'dass' clause is often used to describe the naive action or naive thought.
Es ist naiv zu glauben, dass man ohne Anstrengung Erfolg haben kann.
It is naive to believe that you can succeed without effort.
When you describe a person or an idea as 'naiv' (naive), it is often a criticism. It implies that someone lacks life experience, knowledge, or a healthy degree of suspicion.
Deine Vorstellung von der Welt ist ein bisschen naiv.
Your view of the world is a little naive.
You can clearly recognize the meaning in the field of art from the context. The word then almost always appears together with terms such as 'Malerei' (painting), 'Kunst' (art), 'Künstler' (artist), or 'Stil' (style).
Das Museum besitzt eine bedeutende Sammlung naiver Kunst.
The museum has an important collection of naive art.
green
Grün and naiv can both describe a person with little experience. Grün primarily emphasizes that someone is new to a field, while naiv highlights a childlike, unsuspecting, overly trusting attitude or poor judgment. Use grün for a lack of practical experience and naiv for being too trusting.
Die neue Mitarbeiterin war naiv und glaubte sofort jedem Versprechen des Verkäufers.
The new employee was naive and immediately believed every promise the salesperson made.
Am ersten Arbeitstag war die neue Mitarbeiterin noch grün und brauchte viel Unterstützung.
On her first day at work, the new employee was still inexperienced and needed a lot of support.
