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impersonal verb

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Antonyms: personal verb

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: verb impersonal — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Danish: upersonligt verbum — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Finnish: persoonaton verbi — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Finnish: impersonaalinen verbi — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • French: verbeb impersonnel — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • German: unpersönliches Zeitwort — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • German: unpersönliches Verb — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • German: impersonales Verb — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • German: Wetterverb — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Greek: απρόσωπο ρήμα (aprósopo ríma) — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Hungarian: személytelen ige — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Icelandic: ópersónuleg sögn — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Italian: verbo impersonale — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Italian: impersonale — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Korean: 비인칭 동사 (biinching dongsa) — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Norman: vèrbe împèrsonnel — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Portuguese: verbo impessoal — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Russian: безли́чный глаго́л (bezlíčnyj glagól) — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Spanish: verbo impersonal — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person
  • Swedish: opersonligt verb — verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person