stammeln
German
Etymology
From Middle High German stamelen, from Old High German stamalōn. Compare English stammer, Dutch stameren, and Old Norse stammr.
Pronunciation
Verb
stammeln (weak, third-person singular present stammelt, past tense stammelte, past participle gestammelt, auxiliary haben)
- to stammer
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 233:
- Vor Schrecken ward es ganz still im Saal, und alles starrte auf den Major in Uniform, der dastand und an seiner Antwort stammelte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
infinitive | stammeln | ||||
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present participle | stammelnd | ||||
past participle | gestammelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stammle ich stammele ich stammel |
wir stammeln | i | ich stammele ich stammle |
wir stammeln |
du stammelst | ihr stammelt | du stammelest du stammlest |
ihr stammelet ihr stammlet | ||
er stammelt | sie stammeln | er stammele er stammle |
sie stammeln | ||
preterite | ich stammelte | wir stammelten | ii | ich stammelte1 | wir stammelten1 |
du stammeltest | ihr stammeltet | du stammeltest1 | ihr stammeltet1 | ||
er stammelte | sie stammelten | er stammelte1 | sie stammelten1 | ||
imperative | stammle (du) stammel (du) stammele (du) |
stammelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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