Nominalizationin German

• exposé - matière potentielle : that the verbs
• leçon - matière potentielle : possessives
• fiche de synthèse - matière potentielle : the properties of nominaliza - tions
• expression écrite

Nominalization in German Tatjana Scheffler November 12, 2005 1 Introduction This paper deals with nominalizations in German. The first part summarizes the facts about German nominalizations. There are many different types of nomi- nalizations in German. We discuss three kinds of nominalizations in particular: infinitival nominals like das Laufen (walking), so-called “stem”-derived nomi- nals like Fahrt (trip, ride), and, prominently, -ung nominals like Verschwendung (wastefulness).

• infinitival nominals like das laufen
• telic verbs
• nominalizations
• nominals
• fall fall
• event
• verb
• 3verbs
• verbs
• subject
• state