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stolpern

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German

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Etymology

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Iterative verb form of archaic stopeln (to be stiff), according to Kluge, an imitative verb similar to holpern; this is considered possible by Pfeifer, though he expresses skepticism.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtɔlpɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: stol‧pern

Verb

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stolpern (weak, third-person singular present stolpert, past tense stolperte, past participle gestolpert, auxiliary sein)

  1. to stumble, to trip
    über etwas stolpernto trip over something
  2. (figurative, colloquial) to stumble across

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “stolpern”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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