administratieve

Administratieve is a Dutch adjective meaning related to administration or administrative. It is used to describe tasks, procedures, organizations, or matters connected with the organization, governance, or management of public or private entities. In Dutch, the form administratieve appears before nouns to indicate the attributive sense, for example: de administratieve taak (the administrative task) or administratieve procedures (administrative procedures).

Etymology and form: the word derives from the noun administratie (administration) and the suffixes that form adjectives in Dutch. The base form is administratief, with administratieve serving as a common inflected form used before feminine singular nouns and in plural contexts, among other grammatical circumstances. This inflection is part of standard Dutch adjective agreement, which varies with gender, number, and definiteness of the noun it describes.

Usage and applications: administratieve is widely used across fields such as government, business, and law. It appears in phrases like administratieve lasten (administrative burdens), administratieve procedures (administrative procedures), and administratieve handelingen (administrative actions). In legal and regulatory language, terms such as administratieve wetgeving (administrative legislation) and administratieve sancties (administrative sanctions) are common.

Relation to related terms: administratief is the base form of the adjective in many contexts, while administratieve is the common form accompanying nouns. The term contrasts with more general or substantive terms like bestuur (governance) or organisatie (organization), which may be described as administratieve when focusing on行政 processes or structures.

See also: Administration, Public administration, Administrative law, Administrative science.