stopfen

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German

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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