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Verb to noun: Conversion of the verb stem with ablaut |
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This kind of verb-to-noun conversion changes a verb stem with ablaut to a noun.
Verb stem with ablaut:
The verb stem with ablaut often corresponds to the preterite stem or the perfect stem of an irregular verb:
| zwingen |
zwang |
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Zwang |
| schneiden |
schnitt |
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Schnitt |
| springen |
gesprungen |
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Sprung |
In some cases, the verb stem is an old, obsolete inflection form of the verb:
| werfen |
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Wurf |
| brechen |
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Bruch |
| schreiben |
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Schrift |
Masculine and neuter nouns
Masculine and neuter nouns formed by conversion from a verb stem with ablaut belong to the inflection class es/e. Most of these nouns are masculine.
| Inflection class es/e |
| greifen |
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Griff |
| angreifen |
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Angriff |
| schwingen |
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Schwung |
| aufschwingen |
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Aufschwung |
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All derivations
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Feminine nouns
Feminine nouns formed by conversion from a verb stem with ablaut belong to the inflection class -/en. They are relatively infrequent. Most of them are derived from the verbs sehen and schreiben.
| Inflection class -/en |
| sehen |
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Sicht |
| einsehen |
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einsicht |
| gutschreiben |
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gutschrift |
| scheren |
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schur |
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Features:
- Exception: Nouns derived from kommen and its verbal derivatives belong to the inflection class:
| Inflection class -/e |
| ankommen |
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Ankunft |
| übereinkommen |
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Übereinkunft |
| unterkommen |
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Unterkunft |
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