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Hilfswort
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German
Etymology
de :af Hilfe -s- Wort
From de Hilfe -s- Wort.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhɪlfsˌvɔɐ̯t/
de De-Hilfswort.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,(e)s,^er
de grammar auxiliary verb
de Auxiliarverb Hilfsverb Hilfszeitwort
de linguistics function word
Declension
n,(e)s,^er
Hyponyms
in German; in the narrow sense only de haben, de sein, de werden
in German; in the broad sense also de dürfen, de können, de mögen, de müssen, de sollen, de wollen; older also: de lassen
Further reading
de Verbs