aktionsart

From German Aktionsart, from Aktion (“action”) + Art (“kind, sort”). Attested in English from the 19th century.

aktionsart (countable and uncountable, plural aktionsarten or aktionsart or aktionsarts)

1. (grammar) A property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; lexical aspect.
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• state, a predicate that does not change over time
• occurrence, a predicate that changes in or over time
• achievement, a predicate that changes in an instant
• accomplishment, a predicate that changes over time and has a natural endpoint
• activity, a predicate that changes over time and has no natural endpoint

• aspect
• semelfactive
• tense