Yiddish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German stecke, from Old High German stecko. Cognate to German Stecken.

Noun

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שטעקן (shteknm, plural שטעקנס (shtekns) or שטעקענעס (shtekenes), diminutive שטעקל (shtekl) or שטעקעלע (shtekele)

  1. stick (twig or small branch)
    Synonyms: דראָנג (drong), שטעקל (shtekl), דרענגל (drengl)
  2. walking cane
    Synonyms: שטאָק (shtok), שפּאַציר־שטעקן (shpatsir-shtekn), וואַנדער־שטעקן (vander-shtekn)
  3. club (stick)
    Synonyms: פֿלאָקן (flokn), פּאַלקע (palke), גניטל (gnitl), בולאַווע (bulave)
  4. staff (rod)
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German stecken, from Old High German steckōn. Compare German stecken. Doublet of שטעכן (shtekhn).

Verb

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שטעקן (shtekn) (past participle געשטעקט (geshtekt))

  1. to place
  2. to stick
  3. (with אין (in)) to involve
  4. (with בלײַבן (blaybn)) to lodge, to get stuck
  5. (with בלײַבן (blaybn), figurative) to reach an impasse
  6. (with געבליבן (geblibn)) to become stranded
  7. (reflexive) to meddle
Conjugation
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References
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  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “שטעקן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press