stechen

German

Etymology

From Old High German stehhan, from Proto-Germanic *stikaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈʃtɛçn̩/, /ˈʃtɛçən/
  • (file)

Verb

stechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular simple present sticht, past tense stach, past participle gestochen, past subjunctive stäche, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to stick (someone or something); to poke
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to sting; to bite; to prick
  3. (transitive) to cut; to chop
  4. (transitive, of the sun) to burn
  5. (transitive, card games) to take; to trump; to capture

Conjugation

Derived terms

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