Verb

See also: verb and vèrb

German

Alternative forms
  • Verbe (plural, dated)

Etymology

Adaptation of older Verbum, from Latin verbum (“word”). Doublet of Wort.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɛʁp/
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Noun

Verb n (mixed, genitive Verbes or Verbs, plural Verben)

  1. (grammar) verb
    Synonyms: Verbum, Zeitwort, Wandelwort

Declension
Declension of Verb [neuter, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Verb die Verben
genitive eines des Verbes, Verbs der Verben
dative einem dem Verb, Verbe1 den Verben
accusative ein das Verb die Verben

1Now rare, see notes.

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
  • verbalisch, verbal, verbalisieren, Verbalisierung (ambiguous, can also refer to (spoken) words)
  • Deverbativum, deverbal, Verbalsubstantiv
  • Bewirkungsverb = Veranlassungsverb

Further reading
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