Intransitive verb

Intransitive verbs bind as opposed to transitive verbs no direct object (that is, in accusative languages ​​such as the German no direct object ).

Examples

• "Go " is intransitive. You can not go something or someone.
• " Food", however, is a transitive verb: "I eat a fish " ( subject - predicate - accusative ).

Other examples of intransitive verbs:

• " Go "
• " Run "
• " Race "
• " Sprint "

Passive

Passivation is partly possible ( except when a unakkusativisches verb exists ). This then creates an impersonal construction:

• "There will be marching. "
• "Now is asleep! " ( Can also be used as a variant of the command form).

Akkusativobjekte for reinforcement

For intransitive verbs often exist nouns of the same root word or word field. These can then form a direct object, but that only serves to reinforce the verb. See Figure Etymological

Others

In Ergativsprachen is the subject in sentences with intransitive verb in the absolutive, for blocks with transitive verb, however, in the ergative and the object in the absolutive.

At different grammatical types of intransitive verbs see also the article unakkusativisches Conn.