stiften
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Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]stiften
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]stiften
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of stiften (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | stiften | |||
past singular | stiftte | |||
past participle | gestift | |||
infinitive | stiften | |||
gerund | stiften n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | stift | stiftte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | stift | stiftte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | stift | stiftte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | stift | stiftte | ||
3rd person singular | stift | stiftte | ||
plural | stiften | stiftten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | stifte | stiftte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | stiften | stiftten | ||
imperative sing. | stift | |||
imperative plur.1 | stift | |||
participles | stiftend | gestift | ||
1) Archaic. |
Noun
[edit]stiften
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German stiften, from Old High German stiften, from Proto-West Germanic *stiftijan, from Proto-Germanic *stiftijaną. See also steif (“stiff, rigid”) and Stift (“pin; pencil”), both likely from the same root.[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]stiften (weak, third-person singular present stiftet, past tense stiftete, past participle gestiftet, auxiliary haben)
- to endow, to donate
- to bring about
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | stiften | ||||
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present participle | stiftend | ||||
past participle | gestiftet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stifte | wir stiften | i | ich stifte | wir stiften |
du stiftest | ihr stiftet | du stiftest | ihr stiftet | ||
er stiftet | sie stiften | er stifte | sie stiften | ||
preterite | ich stiftete | wir stifteten | ii | ich stiftete1 | wir stifteten1 |
du stiftetest | ihr stiftetet | du stiftetest1 | ihr stiftetet1 | ||
er stiftete | sie stifteten | er stiftete1 | sie stifteten1 | ||
imperative | stift (du) stifte (du) |
stiftet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “stiften”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “stiften” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stiften” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “stiften” in Duden online
- “stiften” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]stiften m
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]stiften m
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]stiften
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