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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin verbum (“word; verb”). Doublet of Wort.
Pronunciation
Noun
Verbum n (strong, genitive Verbums, plural Verba)
- (dated) word
- Synonym: Wort
1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel], Berlin: S. Fischer:Der Knabe dachte an den Konfirmationssonntag, der kürzlich gewesen war und an dem er sich dabei ertappt hatte, daß er mitten in der Feierlichkeit und Rührung innerlich ein griechisches Verbum memorierte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (grammar, higher register) verb
- Synonyms: Verb, Zeitwort, Tätigkeitswort
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Further reading
- “Verbum” in Duden online
- “Verbum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
Etymology
From verbum, a calque of λόγος (lógos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Verbum n sg (genitive Verbī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Word (epithet of Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.