Verb
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Verbe (plural, dated)
Etymology
[edit]Adaptation of older Verbum, from Latin verbum (“word”). Doublet of Wort.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Verb n (mixed, genitive Verbes or Verbs, plural Verben)
- (grammar) verb
- Synonyms: Verbum, Zeitwort, Wandelwort
Declension
[edit]Declension of Verb [neuter, mixed]
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- verbalisch, verbal, verbalisieren, Verbalisierung (ambiguous, can also refer to (spoken) words)
- Deverbativum, deverbal, Verbalsubstantiv
- Bewirkungsverb = Veranlassungsverb
Further reading
[edit]- “Verb” in Duden online
- “Verb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Verb” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.