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Uninflected languages usually have a more complex, constrained syntax, whereas inflected languages are more free.

• wolfgke 10y ago
  > Uninflected languages usually have a more complex, constrained syntax, whereas inflected languages are more free. Depends on what you consider as free. For example German (more inflected than English) has a rather free order of clauses (where the order tells about the emphasis the speaker wants to express) opposed to English. On the other hand, in English words are often used in a more flexible way than in German (even if you use a similar construction in both languages), because the stricter grammar makes this less comfortable in German than in English. For example: "iron" (en) is "Bügeleisen" (de). In English one can use the verb "to iron" for using the iron while in German there is an own verb "bügeln" for this. Just using the same word for an object and something you do with it is already interfered by the German grammar, in which verbs have to end in "en" or at least "n".