Germanic verb

The Germanic language family is one of the language groups that resulted from the breakup of Proto-Indo-European (PIE). It in turn divided into North, West and East Germanic groups, and ultimately produced a large group of mediaeval and modern languages, most importantly: Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish (North); English, Frisian, Dutch and German (West); and Gothic (East, extinct).

The Germanic verb system lends itself to both descriptive (synchronic) and historical (diachronic) comparative analysis. This overview article is intended to lead into a series of specialist articles discussing historical aspects of these verbs, showing how they developed out of PIE, and how they came to have their present diversity.

Verb types

The Germanic verb system carried two innovations over the previous Proto-Indo-European verb system:

Simplification to two tenses: present (also conveying future meaning) and past (sometimes called "preterite" and conveying the meaning of all of the following English forms: "I did, I have done, I had done, I was doing, I have been doing, I had been doing").

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“The verb aufheben has four senses in English ... The physical actions of meanings (1) and (2) parallel the more spiritual meanings of (3) and (4) of this very ordinary German verb ... Following these preliminary insights, we can begin to assert that the motor of Hegelian History as opposed to mere contingent history is what Hegel calls the world-spirit or world-mind (the German contains both senses of spirit and mind, die Weltgeist)....

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The Words For Gaming in Different Languages

Kotaku 29 Mar 2018

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Why swearing is f****** good for you

Live Mint 23 Mar 2018

Profanity can be annoying, but it has its benefits. Many sticklers have strict no-swearing rules for friends, families and significant others. If there’s one thing that puts them off, it’s bad language. But it might be time to relax those restrictions, for it turns out cursing does humanity a lot of good ... This may seem like a paradox ... Or a verb ... In German, as well as Hindi, the common insults refer to animals such as pigs....

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Tasting Notes with Jim Beauregard: There are ales, lagers, and now, Sam '76

Union Leader 14 Mar 2018

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The helplessness we feel about Brexit and its consequences must not allow us to fall ...

The Independent 25 Feb 2018

To declare an interest, as one is supposed to do these days, I spent the best part of two years learning Russian in the 1950s courtesy of the Government, and three years studying French and German at Cambridge ... One of the idiosyncrasies of German is that the verb comes at the end of the sentence ... “You have to guess the main verb and if you get it wrong, you have to finesse things in the next sentence.”....

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To fully appreciate black history, the US must let go of lingering Confederate nostalgia

Independent Record 09 Feb 2018

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Translating savings: Does the language you speak affect how you save?

City A.M. 10 Jan 2018

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They call her 'Mummy' and she has looked after them well, but Germany is starting to dislike Angela Merkel

The National 03 Jan 2018

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Move over Mickey: In Germany, Donald Duck reigns

The Japan News 03 Dec 2017

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Move over Mickey Mouse: In Germany, Donald Duck reigns

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The World's Most Powerful Woman Is Seen Rather Differently in Germany

NBC News 22 Sep 2017

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How Germans See the World's Most Powerful Woman

NBC News 22 Sep 2017

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Vox 22 Sep 2017

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