Verbum
See also: verbum
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin verbum (“word; verb”). Doublet of Wort.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Verbum n (strong, genitive Verbums, plural Verba)
- (dated) word
- Synonym: Wort
- 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel][1], Berlin: S. Fischer:
- Der Knabe dachte an den Konfirmationssonntag, der kürzlich gewesen war und an dem er sich dabei ertappt hatte, daß er mitten in der Feierlichkeit und Rührung innerlich ein griechisches Verbum memorierte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (grammar, higher register) verb
- Synonyms: Verb, Zeitwort, Tätigkeitswort
Declension edit
Declension of Verbum [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From verbum, a calque of λόγος (lógos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯er.bum/, [ˈu̯ɛrbʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.bum/, [ˈvɛrbum]
Proper noun edit
Verbum n sg (genitive Verbī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Word (epithet of Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Verbum |
Genitive | Verbī |
Dative | Verbō |
Accusative | Verbum |
Ablative | Verbō |
Vocative | Verbum |