Verbalsubstantiv
German, noun/vɛʁˈbaːlˌzʊpstantiːf/
Verbalsubstantiv is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L-S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V (16 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbalsubstantiv is a German neuter noun meaning “verbal noun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verschiedene Klassen von Substantiven, die durch Substantivierung von Verbformen entstehen”.
What does Verbalsubstantiv mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterverbal noun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verschiedene Klassen von Substantiven, die durch Substantivierung von Verbformen entstehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Verbalsubstantiv
- Verbalsubstantivs genitive
- Verbalsubstantive plural
- Verbalsubstantiven dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verbalsubstantiv?
- /vɛʁˈbaːlˌzʊpstantiːf/
- [vɛʁˈbaːlˌzʊpstantiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Verbalsubstantiv in German?
Verbalsubstantiv appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).