stingen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stynge, styngen, stinge

Etymology

From Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstinɡən/, /ˈstindʒən/

Verb

stingen

1. To impale or gore with a piercing instrument.
2. To sting (to bite, usually using a stinger)
3. To put inside of; to perform insertion.
4. (usually in the past participle) To afflict or injure.
5. (figurative) To copulate; to have sex.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stingen (strong class 3)

infinitive	(to) stingen, stinge
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	stinge	stang
2nd-person singular	stingest	stunge, stang
3rd-person singular	stingeth	stang
subjunctive singular	stinge	stunge1
imperative singular		—
plural2	stingen, stinge	stungen, stunge
imperative plural	stingeth, stinge	—
participles	stingynge, stingende	stungen, stunge, ystungen, ystunge

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• stynge
• styngyng

Descendants

• English: sting
• Scots: sting

References

• “stingen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-27.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stingen m

1. definite singular of sting