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Verbs

das reflexive Verb

In English: reflexive verb

A verb used with a reflexive pronoun (mich, dich, sich, uns, euch) that points back to the subject. Many German verbs are reflexive where English uses no pronoun at all: sich freuen (to be glad), sich erinnern (to remember).

Example: Ich freue mich auf die Ferien. (I am looking forward to the vacation.)

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das Verb mit Präposition die Valenz

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