Etymology

aktionsart

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Today it means: A property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; lexical aspect. Full definition →

German Aktionsart
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  1. German · borrowed fromAktionsart
  2. English todayaktionsart

From German Aktionsart, from Aktion (“action”) + Art (“kind, sort”). Attested in English from the 19th century.

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