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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adaptation of older Verbum, from Latin verbum (“word”). Doublet of Wort.
Pronunciation
Noun
Verb n (mixed, genitive Verbes or Verbs, plural Verben)
- (grammar) verb
- Synonyms: Verbum, Zeitwort, Wandelwort
Declension
Synonyms
- Tätigkeitswort, Tatwort (dated: Thatwort), Tuwort/Tunwort
- Aussagewort; maybe dated: Redewort, Meldewort, Sagewort, Aussager, Aussaganzeiger
- maybe dated: Begebenheitswort, Beilegwort, Satzwort, Sätzer
- maybe dated: Zustandswort (also used for Latin verbum intransitivum, i.e. intransitive verb), Handlungswort (also used for Latin verbum transitivum, i.e. transitive verb)
Hyponyms
- Hauptverb = Vollverb, Hilfsverb = Auxiliarverb, Modalverb, Modalitätsverb
- Finitverb, Infinitverb, Infinitivverb
- Impersonale
- Transitivverb = Transitiv(um), Intransitivverb = Intransitiv(um), Reflexivverb
- Pronominalverb
- Deponens = Deponensverb
- Faktitiv(um) (dated: Factitivum) = Kausativ(um), Frequentativ(um) = Iterativ(um), Desiderativ(um), Imitativ(um), Inchoativ(um), Intensivum
- Rückumlautverb
- Präteritopräsens
Derived terms
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