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expletive

/ɪkˈspliːtɪv/ /ˈɛksplətɪv/

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noun

Schimpfwort, Fluchwort

A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.

Examples :

"When the student accidentally dropped her textbook, a loud expletive escaped her lips. "

Als die Schülerin versehentlich ihr Lehrbuch fallen ließ, entfuhr ihren Lippen ein lautes Schimpfwort.

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noun

Füllwort, Platzhalter

A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.

Examples :

"The sentence is: "In the sentence 'There is a cat on the mat,' the word 'there' is an expletive because it doesn't refer to a place but just fills the subject position." "

Der Satz lautet: „In dem Satz 'There is a cat on the mat' ist das Wort 'there' ein Füllwort, weil es sich nicht auf einen Ort bezieht, sondern nur die Subjektposition ausfüllt.“

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noun

Schimpfwort, Kraftausdruck

A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.

Examples :

"The sentence structure is simple and easily understood by English learners. "The sentence 'There is a cat on the mat' can be shortened to 'A cat is on the mat' because 'there' is an expletive in the first version; it doesn't add any real meaning." "

Der Satz 'There is a cat on the mat' kann zu 'A cat is on the mat' verkürzt werden, weil 'there' ein Kraftausdruck in der ersten Version ist; er fügt keine wirkliche Bedeutung hinzu.

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adjective

Füllwort, überflüssig

Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

Examples :

"The sentence began with an expletive "there," adding nothing to the meaning. "

Der Satz begann mit dem Füllwort „da“, das nichts zur Bedeutung beitrug.

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adjective

Mit Füllwörtern

Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

Examples :

"The teacher's lecture was expletive, filled with phrases like "honestly" and "basically" that didn't add much to the content. "

Die Vorlesung des Lehrers war mit Füllwörtern gespickt, voll von Phrasen wie „ehrlich gesagt“ und „im Grunde genommen“, die dem Inhalt nicht viel hinzufügten.

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