Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impersonal passive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: im-per-son-al -pas-sive
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled"). Also known as pseudopassive.

Inflected Forms

impersonal passives (plural)

Questions

What does impersonal passive mean?: A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled"). Also known as pseudopassive.

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