When you look up a verb in the dictionary what you find is the verb in the infinitive form. In English it’s two words - ‘to swim’ - but in German it’s just the one schwimmen. In German ...

Wordy: The conjugation of verbs can be fraught with difficulties. Concise: Conjugating verbs can be difficult. Infinitive phrases are phrases that contain verb infinitives (to + verb). While these are ...

She walked three to four blocks out of her way. The word "to" is also the first part of the infinitive form of a verb, like the phrase "to use" in the heading above. Infinitives are verb stems.