German GCSE
Strong Verb (Starkes Verb)
What Strong Verb (Starkes Verb) means in German GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Strong Verb (Starkes Verb)
A verb that changes its stem vowel in the past tense and has a past participle ending in -en.
Topics that use Strong Verb (Starkes Verb)
- Vocabulary: Irregular inflected verb forms (Higher only) (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Auxiliary Verb (Hilfsverb)
- Modal Verb
- Simple Past (Imperfekt / Präteritum)
- Imperative (Imperativ)
- Infinitive (Infinitiv)
- Past Participle (Partizip Perfekt)
- Vowel Change (Vokalwechsel)
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