Infinitiv

See also: infinitiv

German

Alternative forms

• Infinitivus (obsolete except with following Latin adjective)
• Infinitivum (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Infinitiv m or n (genitive Infinitivs, plural Infinitive)

1. (grammar) infinitive
2. (grammar) gerund; verbal noun; if formally identical to the infinitive (as e.g. in German) or if the language does not otherwise have an infinitive form (as e.g. in Arabic)

Usage notes

• Exclusively masculine in contemporary standard usage, but otherwise occasionally (though rarely) neuter.

Synonyms

• (gerund): substantivierter Infinitiv; Gerundium; Verbalnomen

Further reading

• “Infinitiv” in Duden online