English-German translations for function word

• Funktionswort
• Synsemantikon

Definition of function word

• A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, such as prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, or conjunctions

Related words

• function
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