"strong verb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: strong verbs [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German starkes Verb, equivalent to strong + verb. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|starkes Verb}} Calque of German starkes Verb, {{compound|en|strong|verb}} strong + verb Head templates: {{en-noun}} strong verb (plural strong verbs)
  1. (grammar) Any of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut as opposed to a dental affix to indicate tense. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-strong_verb-en-noun-Q61iRGKI Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (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. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-strong_verb-en-noun-IMxJNd2r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 63 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 73 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 71 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 54 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 25 63 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 60 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 53 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 61 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 51 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 29 48 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 53 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 62 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 51 17 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (grammar, linguistics) A member of a "strong" class in a language with two or more verb classes. Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics Related terms: weak verb
    Sense id: en-strong_verb-en-noun-XKCQ~ZPE Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (verb type): силен глагол (silen glagol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), stærkt verbum [neuter] (Danish), sterk werkwoord [neuter] (Dutch), vahva verbi (Finnish), verbe fort [masculine] (French), starkes Verb [neuter] (German), starkes Verbum (German), ablautendes Verb (German), ablautendes Verbum (German), ablautendes Zeitwort [verb] (German), erős ige (Hungarian), verbo forte [masculine] (Portuguese), неправильный глагол (nepravilʹnyj glagol) [masculine] (Russian), starkt verb [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'verb type': 34 33 32

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