infinitiv

See also: Infinitiv

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

infinitiv

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnfɪɲɪtɪf]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnfɪɲɪtiːf]
• Rhymes: -ɪtɪf

Noun

infinitiv m inan

1. infinitive (the uninflected form of a verb)

   Synonym: (much less common) neurčitek

Declension

Declension of infinitiv (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	infinitiv	infinitivy
genitive	infinitivu	infinitivů
dative	infinitivu	infinitivům
accusative	infinitiv	infinitivy
vocative	infinitive	infinitivy
locative	infinitivu	infinitivech
instrumental	infinitivem	infinitivy

Related terms

• See finiš

Further reading

• “infinitiv”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “infinitiv”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “infinitiv”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “infinitiv”, in Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny (in Czech), 2012–2020

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

infinitiv

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Latin infinitivus.

Noun

infinitiv c (singular definite infinitiven, plural indefinite infinitiver)

1. (grammar) infinitive

   Synonyms: navnemåde, navneform

Declension

Declension of infinitiv

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	infinitiv	infinitiven	infinitiver	infinitiverne
genitive	infinitivs	infinitivens	infinitivers	infinitivernes

References

• “infinitiv” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

infinitiv

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Etymology

From Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”), from fīnītus (“finished”), perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; limit; appoint”), from fīnis (“boundary, limit”), possibly from either *fignis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”), or from *fidnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnfɪnɪˈtiːʋ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːʋ
• Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧tiv

Noun

infinitiv m (definite singular infinitiven, indefinite plural infinitiver, definite plural infinitivene)

1. (grammar, linguistics) the infinitive (a non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form)

   Verbet står i infinitiv.

   The verb is in the infinitive.

   • 1908, Sophus Bugge, Sproglige og historiske afhandlinger viede Sophus Bugges minde, page 132:

     infinitiv av verber med lang rotstavelse ender i Elvdalen, Orsa, Mora, Ore paa a, i Boda paa ä

     infinitive of verbs with long root syllable ends in Elvdalen, Orsa, Mora, Ore in a, in Boda in ä

   • 1957, Herman Wildenvey, Samlede Dikt I, page 202:

     ennu å høre og se allehånde og være det evige infinintiv

     yet to hear and see all-pervading and be the eternal infinitive

   • 1999, Tone Selboe, Karen Blixen, page 8:

     opphevingen av skillet mellom infinitiv og preteritumsform på hjelpeverbene

     the abolition of the distinction between infinitive and preterite form on the auxiliary verbs

Derived terms

• a-infinitiv
• e-infinitiv
• infinitivsendelse
• infinitivskonstruksjon
• infinitivsmerke
• objektsinfinitiv

See also

• verbalsubstantiv (“verbal noun”)

References

• “infinitiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “infinitiv” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “infinitiv” in Store norske leksikon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French infinitif.

Noun

infinitiv n (plural infinitive)

1. infinitive

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	infinitiv	infinitivul		infinitive	infinitivele
genitive-dative	infinitiv	infinitivului		infinitive	infinitivelor
vocative	infinitivule			infinitivelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /înfinitiːʋ/
• Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧tiv

Noun

ȉnfinitīv m inan (Cyrillic spelling и̏нфинитӣв)

1. infinitive

Declension

Declension of infinitiv

	singular	plural
nominative	infinitiv	infinitivi
genitive	infinitiva	infinitiva
dative	infinitivu	infinitivima
accusative	infinitiv	infinitive
vocative	infinitive	infinitivi
locative	infinitivu	infinitivima
instrumental	infinitivom	infinitivima

Further reading

• “infinitiv”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfɪnɪtiːv/

Noun

infinitiv n

1. (grammar) an infinitive

Declension

Declension of infinitiv

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	infinitiv	infinitivs
	definite	infinitivet	infinitivets
plural	indefinite	infinitiv	infinitivs
	definite	infinitiven	infinitivens