-овать

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (unstressed) IPA(key): [əvətʲ]
  • (stressed) IPA(key): [əˈvatʲ]

Suffix

-овать or -ова́ть (-ovatʹ or -ovátʹ)

  1. Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives, or foreign verbs.
    штраф (štraf, fine)штрафова́ть (štrafovátʹ, to fine)
    ревн(ость) (revn(ostʹ), jealousy)ревнова́ть (revnovátʹ, to be jealous)
    German integrieren (to integrate)интегри́ровать (intɛgrírovatʹ, to integrate)

Usage notes

  • This suffix is very frequently added to German words ending in -ieren (borrowed in turn from French -er), producing the combined suffix -и́ровать (-írovatʹ), which has taken on a life of its own.

Conjugation

unstressed

stressed

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