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{{Short description|Verb conjugation system}} {{About||irregular verbs|regular verb|strong verbs in Germanic languages|Germanic strong verb}} {{Unreferenced|date=June 2019|bot=noref (GreenC bot)}} A '''strong inflection''' is a system of [[verb conjugation]] or noun/adjective [[declension]] which can be contrasted with an alternative system in the same language, which is then known as a [[weak inflection]]. The term ''strong'' was coined with reference to the [[Germanic verb]], but has since been used of other phenomena in these and other languages, which may or may not be analogous. Note that there is nothing objectively "strong" about a strong form; the term is only meaningful in opposition to "weak" as a means of distinguishing paradigms within a single language. Nor is there any distinguishing feature common to all strong forms, except that they are always counterpoints to "weak" ones. The [[Germanic strong verb]], occurring in Germanic languages including German and English, is characterised by a vowel shift called [[Indo-European ablaut|ablaut]]. Examples in English include ''give/gave, come/came, fall/fell''. There is nothing comparable in the German strong adjective inflections. For a full discussion of this distinction see [[weak inflection]]. [[Category:Verb types]] [[Category:Germanic languages]] [[sv:Starka verb]]
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