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Hilfsverb
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German
de:
Alternative forms
de Hülfsverb archaic
Etymology
de :af Hilfe -s- Verb
From de Hilfe -s- Verb.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhɪlfsvɛʁp/
de De-Hilfsverb.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
de haben, de sein, de werden
n,s:es,en
de grammar auxiliary verb, helping verb
de Hilfszeitwort Hilfswort Auxiliarverb Auxiliar
de Vollverb Modalverb<q:narrow sense>
Usage notes
Construed narrowly, this excludes modal verbs, but often they are included.
Declension
n,s:es,en
Hyponyms
broad sense de Modalverb (modales Hilfsverb)
Further reading
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