Adverb

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German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin adverbium.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈat.vɛʁp/, /atˈvɛʁp/
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Noun[edit]

Adverb n (strong or mixed, genitive Adverbes or Adverbs, plural Adverbien or Adverben or Adverbe)

  1. (grammar) adverb
    Synonyms: Umstandswort, Nebenwort, Zuwort; Adverbium

Usage notes[edit]

  • The standard plural is Adverbien; the alternative forms have always been uncommon. For those speakers who stress the singular on the first syllable, the plural generally has a stress shift to the second syllable.
  • Grammarians often distinguish between Adverb and Adverbial, reserving the former to designate the lexical category of adverbs while using the latter to describe syntactic relationships resembling that of an adverb (i.e. describing how a word acts within a concrete sentence irrespective of its lexical category).[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^
    2016 December 17, Peter Eisenberg, Grundriss der deutschen Grammatik[1], Springer, →ISBN, 6.1 Abgrenzung und Begriffliches, page 204:
    Kein terminologischer Glücksfall ist das Nebeneinander der Begriffe Adverb und Adverbial. Meistens - aber längst nicht immer - wird Adverb als kategorialer, Adverbial als relationaler Begriff verwendet. Wir folgen diesem Usus und gebrauchen ›Adverbial‹ synonym mit ›adverbiale Bestimmung‹ als Bezeichnung für eine syntaktische Relation (s.u.).
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Further reading[edit]

  • Adverb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Adverb” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Adverb” in Duden online
  • Adverb on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Limburgish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin adverbium.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Adverb m (plural Adverbe) (German-based spelling)

  1. (grammar) adverb

Luxembourgish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Adverb n (plural Adverben)

  1. (grammar) adverb