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strong verb en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of German starkes Verb, equivalent to strong + verb.

Meanings

  1. Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut as opposed to a dental affix to indicate tense.
    • CONJUGATION OF THE STRONG VERB "TO TAKE" (Commonly called Irregular.) [...] Present, Take. Past, Took. Perf. Part. Taken. 1850, William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms, New York: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 280:
  2. Any of a subset of English irregular verbs which lack the addition of a dental affix to indicate the simple past and past participle tenses.
  3. A member of a "strong" class in a language with two or more verb classes.
    • Three basic root consonant classes exist: the strong verb, roots with weak initial root consonant (I-weak verbs), roots with weak final consonants (III-weak verbs), and a composite class... 2009, Charles Häberl, The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 177:

Forms

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strong verbs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

weak verb

Translations (15)

de ablautendes Verb (verb type) · fy sterk tiidwurd (verb type) · de ablautendes Zeitwort (verb type) · bg силен глагол (verb type) · ru непра́вильный глаго́л (verb type) · fr verbe fort (verb type) · fi vahva verbi (verb type) · da stærkt verbum (verb type) · pt verbo forte (verb type) · sv starkt verb (verb type) · de starkes Verbum (verb type) · de ablautendes Verbum (verb type) · de starkes Verb (verb type) · hu erős ige (verb type) · nl sterk werkwoord (verb type)