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Delimitation: inf-zu vs. norm-inf

Some German derived verbs contain the affix zu in their lemma, that is, zu belongs to the word form itself. Infinitives of such lemma are not classified as inf-zu. Such a zu does not count as incorporated.

zu-incl = inf-zu zu-incl = norm-inf
D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e
Zu does not belong to verb stemmitzunehmen/inf-zu  Verbal prefix zusie konnte so gut zuhören/norm-inf  
Verbal prefix zu BUT appears with an incorporated zuer zwang sie zuzuhören/zu-incl  Verbal prefix zuer wollte zuschlagen/norm-inf