stinga

See also: stingā

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• stinkn (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, South Central Bavarian, Vienna)

Etymology

From Middle High German stinken, from Old High German stinkan, stincan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”), *stegʷ- (“to thrust, strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃd̥iŋɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: stin‧ga

Verb

stinga (past participle gstunkn) (West Central Bavarian)

1. to stink

Conjugation

Conjugation of stinga

infinitive	stinga
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	stink	-	stingad
2nd person sing.	stinkst	-	stingadst
3rd person sing.	stinkt	-	stingad
1st person plur.	stinga	-	stingadn
2nd person plur.	stinkts	-	stingats
3rd person plur.	stinga	-	stingadn
imperative sing.	stink
imperative plur.	stinkts
past participle	gstunkn

Related terms

• Gstånk
• stingert
• stinkert

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Swedish stinga, English sting.

Verb

stinga (third person singular past indicative stakk, third person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

1. to sting

Conjugation

Conjugation of stinga (group v-46)
infinitive	stinga
supine	stungið
participle (a26)1	stingandi	stungin
	present	past
first singular	stingi	stakk
second singular	stingur	stakst
third singular	stingur	stakk
plural	stinga	stungu
	imperative
singular	stikk!
plural	stingið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Faroese and Swedish stinga, English sting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiŋka/
• Rhymes: -iŋka

Verb

stinga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stakk, third-person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to stab, to sting, to prick
2. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to wound, to hurt
3. (transitive, governs the dative) to prick with something, to stab with something

   Hann stakk hnífnum í borðið.

   He stuck the knife in the table.

4. (transitive, governs the dative) to slip something, to put something

   Prinsessan stakk einhverju í vasa bóndans.

   The princess slipped something into the farmer's pocket.

   Hún hætti lestri og stakk skruddunni í hilluna.

   She stopped reading and put the old book into the shelf.

5. (impersonal) to strike someone

   Það stakk mig.

   It struck me.

Conjugation

stinga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að stinga
supine (sagnbót)		stungið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		stingandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sting	við stingum	present (nútíð)	ég stingi	við stingum
	þú stingur	þið stingið		þú stingir	þið stingið
	hann, hún, það stingur	þeir, þær, þau stinga		hann, hún, það stingi	þeir, þær, þau stingi
past (þátíð)	ég stakk	við stungum	past (þátíð)	ég styngi	við styngjum
	þú stakkst	þið stunguð		þú styngir	þið styngjuð
	hann, hún, það stakk	þeir, þær, þau stungu		hann, hún, það styngi	þeir, þær, þau styngju
imperative (boðháttur)	sting (þú)	stingið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	stingdu	stingiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

stingast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að stingast
supine (sagnbót)		stungist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		stingandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég stingst	við stingumst	present (nútíð)	ég stingist	við stingumst
	þú stingst	þið stingist		þú stingist	þið stingist
	hann, hún, það stingst	þeir, þær, þau stingast		hann, hún, það stingist	þeir, þær, þau stingist
past (þátíð)	ég stakkst	við stungumst	past (þátíð)	ég styngist	við styngjumst
	þú stakkst	þið stungust		þú styngist	þið styngjust
	hann, hún, það stakkst	þeir, þær, þau stungust		hann, hún, það styngist	þeir, þær, þau styngjust
imperative (boðháttur)	stingst (þú)	stingist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	stingstu	stingisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

stunginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stunginn	stungin	stungið		stungnir	stungnar	stungin
accusative (þolfall)	stunginn	stungna	stungið		stungna	stungnar	stungin
dative (þágufall)	stungnum	stunginni	stungnu		stungnum	stungnum	stungnum
genitive (eignarfall)	stungins	stunginnar	stungins		stunginna	stunginna	stunginna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stungni	stungna	stungna		stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
accusative (þolfall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna		stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
dative (þágufall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna		stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
genitive (eignarfall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna		stungnu	stungnu	stungnu

Synonyms

• (hurt): særa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• stina inn
• stinga af
• stinga á sig
• stinga að
• stinga gat á
• stinga í augun
• stinga í stúf
• stinga í vasann
• stinga saman nefjum
• stinga sér
• stinga undan
• stinga undir stól
• stinga upp á
• stinga upp garð
• stinga upp í
• stinga upp í sig
• stinga upp skrá
• stinga við
• undirstinga

Italian

Verb

stinga

1. inflection of stingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• stagni

Latvian

Adjective

stinga

1. inflection of stings:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• stingene

Noun

stinga n

1. definite plural of sting

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stinga n

1. definite plural of sting

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stinga, from Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Faroese stinga, English sting.

Verb

stinga (present stinger, supine stungit, imperative sting)

1. to sting, to pierce

Usage notes

• The past tense singular "stang" is "very rare" according to SAOL (6th ed.), replaced by "stack" in SAOL (8th ed., the past tense of sticka), although the past tense plural is stungo, and "missing" in SAOL (13th ed.).

Conjugation

Conjugation of stinga (class 3 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	stinga		stingas
Supine	stungit		stungits
Imperative	sting		—
Imper. plural1	stingen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	stinger	stang	stings, stinges	stangs
Ind. plural1	stinga	stungo	stingas	stungos
Subjunctive2	stinge	stunge	stinges	stunges
	Participles
Present participle	stingande
Past participle	stungen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• sticka

See also

• stick
• stygn
• styng

References

• Stinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
• stinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• stinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stinga in Otto Hoppe, Carl Auerbach, Schwedisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Svensk-tysk ordbok (1919)

Anagrams

• gnista