lexeme

• Das Lexem ist die kleinste bedeutungstragende Einheit des Wortschatzes einer Sprache, etwa ein Wort oder eine Wortbasis, deren verschiedene grammatische Formen als Varianten desselben Lexems gelten.

A noun referring to a minimal unit of meaning in the lexicon of a language, such as a word or stem, of which different inflected forms are considered members.

1. basic lexical unitC2formal

   The smallest meaningful unit in the lexicon of a language, such as a word or stem, that cannot be further reduced without losing its lexical identity.

   Kleinste lexikalische Einheit

   • 'Go', 'went', 'gone', and 'going' are all forms of the English lexeme 'go'.
   • In English, 'run' and 'runs' belong to the same lexeme 'run'.
   • The lexeme 'sing' includes 'sing', 'sang', 'sung', and 'singing'.

   Synonymelemmaword