stöbern
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]16th century, iterative of stäuben, stauben, from Middle High German stöuben, stouben (“to swirl up, raise dust”), from Proto-West Germanic *staubijan, factitive of *steuban (whence stieben). The ö-vocalism is East Central and Low German (Middle Low German stö̂ven). The sense “to browse” is in part derived through the noun Middle High German stöuber, Middle Low German stö̂ver (“small hound used for tracking”), itself from the verb above.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stöbern (weak, third-person singular present stöbert, past tense stöberte, past participle gestöbert, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to browse, to rummage
- Wonach stöberst du in meinen Sachen?
- What are you rummaging for in my things?
- 2007, Dirk Sutro, Jazz für Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 21:
- Und trotzdem hat Jazz eine kleine, eingeschworene Fangemeinde, die geduldig in Plattenläden oder im Internet stöbert und Livekonzerte besucht.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (regional, impersonal) there to be a flurry of snow [auxiliary haben]
- (regional, of snow) to blow around [auxiliary sein]
- (Southern Germany) to clean up [auxiliary haben]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | stöbern | ||||
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present participle | stöbernd | ||||
past participle | gestöbert | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stöbre ich stöbere ich stöber |
wir stöbern | i | ich stöbere ich stöbre |
wir stöbern |
du stöberst | ihr stöbert | du stöberest du stöbrest |
ihr stöberet ihr stöbret | ||
er stöbert | sie stöbern | er stöbere er stöbre |
sie stöbern | ||
preterite | ich stöberte | wir stöberten | ii | ich stöberte1 | wir stöberten1 |
du stöbertest | ihr stöbertet | du stöbertest1 | ihr stöbertet1 | ||
er stöberte | sie stöberten | er stöberte1 | sie stöberten1 | ||
imperative | stöbre (du) stöber (du) stöbere (du) |
stöbert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “stöbern” in Duden online
- “stöbern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stöbern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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