Indefinite
Indefinite is the term used in grammar for an expression that is marked as indefinite or has an indefinite meaning. The term is often used in a narrower sense and then denotes indefinite pronouns or, even more narrowly, a subgroup of indefinite pronouns to the exclusion of question pronouns and quantifying pronouns.
In a broader sense, an indefinite term is also used to denote any compound expression that is indefinite as a whole, i.e. indefinite noun phrases such as B. One child, two children, or preschoolers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gisela Zifonun: Grammar of German in European comparison: “The pronoun.” Part IV: Indefinita in the broader sense. Institute for the German Language Mannheim, 2007 pdf.
- ↑ Duden. The grammar. 8th edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2009, p. 254.
- ↑ receipt e.g. B .: Werner Frey: About Indefinita and its placement in the midfield.