# der Infinitiv

der Infinitiv is a German noun meaning “infinitive”. Forms: des Infinitivs, die Infinitive.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Infinitivs
- Plural: die Infinitive

## In other languages

- Русский: грам. инфинитив, неопределённая форма глагола
- Українська: інфінітив

## Meanings

1. _nonstandard · rare_ infinitive
2. _nonstandard · rare_ gerund; verbal noun; if formally identical to the infinitive (as e.g. in German) or if the language does not otherwise have an infinitive form (as e.g. in Arabic)

## Examples

- Das ist nicht der Infinitiv, sondern der Imperativ. — That isn't the infinitive. It's the imperative.
- Wie lautet der Infinitiv dieses Verbs? — What's the infinitive of this verb?

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