bare infinitive

English

Examples (English grammar)
I must go - "go" is a bare infinitive I want to go - "to go" is the full infinitive

Noun

bare infinitive (plural bare infinitives)

1. (grammar) The infinitive form of an English verb without the particle to; a comparable infinitive in other Germanic languages, e.g. a German infinitive without a preceding "zu", or a Swedish one without a preceding "att".

Antonyms

• full infinitive, to-infinitive

Translations

uninflected Germanic verb form without 'to'

• French: infinitif nu m, infinitif zéro m
• German: reine Infinitif m
• Hungarian: pőreigenév
• Swedish: ren infinitiv c