Timeline for Proper reflexive verbs (echte reflexive Verben)
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| Jun 23, 2023 at 7:15 | comment | added | bakunin | @planetmaker: Sei bedankt für diesen Kommentar! Or, if you prefer it classically: "Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!" (Lohengrin, Act 1, scene 3). It is disputable, if the participle here is still a form of a verb or rather acts like an adjective, but it is non-reflexive. I haven't checked but I suppose "bedanken" could be used non-reflexively historically and when that form went out of use only the participles retained that option. | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 17:37 | vote | accept | Dr.Doom | ||
| Jun 22, 2023 at 17:13 | comment | added | RDBury | I'm pretty sure the OP is referring to this Herr Antrim video with the title "German Reflexive Verbs Don't Exist". I can see his point, and perhaps for teaching purposes the label "reflexive verb" is less than helpful, but his terminology isn't really accepted by most people. | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 16:55 | history | edited | Hubert Schölnast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 22, 2023 at 16:51 | comment | added | EagleFliesBanana | @Dr.Doom To keep it short: Yes, there are true reflexive verbs. | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 16:44 | answer | added | Hubert Schölnast | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 15:06 | comment | added | planetmaker | I shall be surprised if there is a single verb concerning grooming which can be used only reflexively. Anything I can do upon myself I could also do to you - even if that may be strange or uncommon and / or unwelcome. There sure are verbs which can only be used reflexively like 'sich bedanken', but that's not of the mentioned category | |
| Jun 22, 2023 at 14:51 | history | asked | Dr.Doom | CC BY-SA 4.0 |