STRONG AND WEAK VERBS IN GERMAN: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

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  • Safina Farida Trainee lecturer at Jizzakh State Pedagogical University, Uzbekistan

Keywords:

German verbs, strong verbs, weak verbs, ablaut, dental preterite

Abstract

This thesis examines German strong and weak verbs as two historically layered patterns of verbal inflection. Strong verbs mark past tense and participial formation mainly through inherited stem-vowel alternation (Ablaut), whereas weak verbs rely on the productive dental suffix (-t/-te) and the participial marker -t. Drawing on descriptive grammar and historical-comparative interpretation, the paper outlines their morphological signatures, their development from early Germanic, and the mechanisms—sound change, analogy, and frequency—that shape their present-day distribution.

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Published

2026-02-28

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Safina Farida. (2026). STRONG AND WEAK VERBS IN GERMAN: A MORPHOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS. International Scientific and Current Research Conferences, 1(01), 18–19. Retrieved from https://www.orientalpublication.com/index.php/iscrc/article/view/2218

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2026: GLOBAL INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL POLICY, EDUCATION & MANAGEMENT

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