strong verb
Noun
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Noun
strong verb (plural strong verbs)
- (grammar) Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut as opposed to a dental affix to indicate tense.
- (grammar) 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.
- (grammar, linguistics) A member of a "strong" class in a language with two or more verb classes.
- French: verbe fort
- German: starkes Verb, starkes Verbum; ablautendes Verb, ablautendes Verbum, ablautendes Zeitwort qual verb with ablaut
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