English-German translations for verbal

• verbal
• mündlich
  Wir möchten dies mündlich berichtigen. We therefore wish to correct this here verbally.
  Herr Präsident, Sie haben meine Frage nicht richtig beantwortet, da Sie "mündlich" sagten. Mr President, you did not really answer my question because you said 'verbal' .
  Aber ich muß Frau Banotti, Herrn Cox und Herrn Collins erwidern, daß eine mündliche Unterstützung dieser Anträge nicht ausreicht. But I have to say to Mrs Banotti, Mr Cox and Mr Collins that simply giving verbal support to them is not enough.
• wörtlich
• zeitwörtlich

Definition of verbal

• Of or relating to words
• Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text
• Expressly spoken rather than written; oral
• Derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Used to form a verb
• Word for word
• Abounding with words; verbose
• A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• A confession given to police
• To induce into fabricating a confession

Examples

• a verbal contract
• a verbal testimony
• a verbal translation

Related words

• verbalize
• verbally
• deverbal
• non-verbal
• cruciverbalist
• cruciverbalism
• nonverbal
• verbalization
• overbalance