stöhnen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From northern Middle High German stenen and Middle Low German stȫnen, stēnen, from Old Saxon *stenan, from Proto-Germanic *stenaną. Cognate with Dutch steunen. The rounded vowel likely through merger with another verb, either Middle Low German stōnen, from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (English stun), or a descendant of *stunjaną (Old Norse stynja).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stöhnen (weak, third-person singular present stöhnt, past tense stöhnte, past participle gestöhnt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | stöhnen | ||||
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present participle | stöhnend | ||||
past participle | gestöhnt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stöhne | wir stöhnen | i | ich stöhne | wir stöhnen |
du stöhnst | ihr stöhnt | du stöhnest | ihr stöhnet | ||
er stöhnt | sie stöhnen | er stöhne | sie stöhnen | ||
preterite | ich stöhnte | wir stöhnten | ii | ich stöhnte1 | wir stöhnten1 |
du stöhntest | ihr stöhntet | du stöhntest1 | ihr stöhntet1 | ||
er stöhnte | sie stöhnten | er stöhnte1 | sie stöhnten1 | ||
imperative | stöhn (du) stöhne (du) |
stöhnt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary