Gunnar Bech (March 23, 1920 in Græse, Frederikssund Municipality – January 17, 1981 in

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)Christoph König; Birgit Wägenbaur (eds.): ''Internationales Germanistenlexikon 1800-1950.'' Vol. 1, Walter de Gruyter, 2003, , p. 107 was a Danish

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. His

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was ''Studies on the German Verbum Infinitum'' (Bech 1955/1957, reprinted 1983). It is perhaps the most widely cited single work on the German verb.

Partial list of written works

* * ''Zur Syntax des tschechischen Konjunktivs.'' Kopenhagen 1951, at the same time: Phil. Diss. (Dissertation writing) * ''Das germanische reduplizierte Präteritum'' (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser 44, no. 1, p. 1–54), Munksgaard København, 1969. * *

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Linguists from Denmark 1920 births 1981 deaths People from Frederikssund Municipality 20th-century linguists {{Linguist-stub