bare infinitive

English

Examples (English grammar)
I must go - "go" is a bare infinitive I want to go - "to go" is the full infinitive

bare infinitive (plural bare infinitives)

(grammar) The infinitive form of an English verb without the particle to; a comparable infinitive in other Germanic languages, e.g. a German infinitive without a preceding "zu", or a Swedish one without a preceding "att".

uninflected Germanic verb form without 'to'

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