See also: Stopfen

German edit

Alternative forms edit

  • stoppen (in this sense only colloquial; northern and central Germany)

Etymology edit

Middle High German stopfen, from Old High German stopfōn (to close), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɔpfən/, [ˈʃtɔpfn̩ ~ ˈʃtɔpfm̩ ~ ˈʃtɔpɸm̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: stop‧fen

Verb edit

stopfen (weak, third-person singular present stopft, past tense stopfte, past participle gestopft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to stuff, to plug
  2. to darn (mend by sewing over)
    Socken stopfento darn socks

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Further reading edit

  • stopfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stopfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stopfen” in Duden online
  • stopfen” in OpenThesaurus.de