impersonal verb

English

Noun

impersonal verb (plural impersonal verbs)

1. (linguistics) A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.

Translations

verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person

• Finnish: persoonaton verbi, impersonaalinen verbi
• German: unpersönliches Zeitwort n, unpersönliches Verb (de) n, impersonales Verb n
• Greek: απρόσωπο ρήμα n (aprósopo ríma)
• Hungarian: személytelen ige (hu)
• Icelandic: ópersónuleg sögn f
• Korean: 비인칭 동사 (biinching dongsa)
• Norman: vèrbe împèrsonnel m
• Russian: безли́чный глаго́л m (bezlíčnyj glagól)
• Swedish: opersonligt verb n

See also

• defective verb
• monopersonal
• Category:English impersonal verbs

Further reading

• impersonal verb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia