Weak inflection
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For regular verbs, see regular verb. For weak verbs in Germanic languages, see Germanic weak verb. For semantically weak verbs, see light verb.
In grammar, the term weak (originally coined in German: schwach) is used in opposition to the term strong (stark) to designate a conjugation or declension when a language has two parallel systems. The only constant feature in all the grammatical usages of the word "weak" is that it forms a polarity with "strong"; there is not necessarily any objective "weakness" about the forms so designated.