Verb

See also: verb and vèrb

German

Alternative forms

• Verbe (plural, dated)

Etymology

Adaptation of older Verbum, from Latin verbum (“word”). Doublet of Wort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁp/

• Audio:

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Noun

Verb n (mixed, genitive Verbes or Verbs, plural Verben)

1. (grammar) verb

   Synonyms: Verbum, Zeitwort, Wandelwort

Declension

Declension of Verb [neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Verb	die	Verben
genitive	eines	des	Verbes, Verbs	der	Verben
dative	einem	dem	Verb, Verbe1	den	Verben
accusative	ein	das	Verb	die	Verben

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• 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

• 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
• “Verb” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Verb” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.