Verb

See also: verb and vèrb

German

Alternative forms

• Verbe (plural, dated)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Verb n (strong, genitive Verbs, plural Verbe)

1. (grammar) verb

Synonyms

• Verbum
• Zeitwort
• Tätigkeitswort, Tatwort (dated: Thatwort), Tuwort/Tunwort
• Wandelwort
• 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

• “Verb” in Duden online