stiefeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]16th century, from Stiefel + -en in the reflexive sense. The sense “stride, walk” since the 18th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stiefeln (weak, third-person singular present stiefelt, past tense stiefelte, past participle gestiefelt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive, informal) to walk, march, especially stridingly, vigourously, or a long distance
- Der kommt hier ständig reingestiefelt und gibt Anweisungen.
- He comes striding in here constantly to give instructions.
- Also mussten wir den ganzen Weg wieder zurückstiefeln.
- So we had to march the whole way back again.
- (reflexive, dated) to put on boots
- Als er sich gestiefelt hatte, hieß er, die Kutsche vorzufahren.
- When he had put on his boots, he ordered the carriage to be set up.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | stiefeln | ||||
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present participle | stiefelnd | ||||
past participle | gestiefelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stiefle ich stiefele ich stiefel |
wir stiefeln | i | ich stiefele ich stiefle |
wir stiefeln |
du stiefelst | ihr stiefelt | du stiefelest du stieflest |
ihr stiefelet ihr stieflet | ||
er stiefelt | sie stiefeln | er stiefele er stiefle |
sie stiefeln | ||
preterite | ich stiefelte | wir stiefelten | ii | ich stiefelte1 | wir stiefelten1 |
du stiefeltest | ihr stiefeltet | du stiefeltest1 | ihr stiefeltet1 | ||
er stiefelte | sie stiefelten | er stiefelte1 | sie stiefelten1 | ||
imperative | stiefle (du) stiefel (du) stiefele (du) |
stiefelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: stiefelen
Further reading
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