starren

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtarən/, [ˈʃta.ʁən], [-ʁn̩], [-ʁɴ̩], [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)n]
  • Hyphenation: star‧ren
  • Homophones: stahn, Staren (some speakers)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German staren, from Old High German starēn (to stare), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn (to be fixed, be rigid).

Verb[edit]

starren (weak, third-person singular present starrt, past tense starrte, past participle gestarrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, often with auf (at) + accusative, or with nach (toward), or with in (into) + accusative) to stare, to gaze
  2. (intransitive, with vor or von) to be full (of), covered (with)
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle High German starren, from Old High German storrēn (to be stiff), from Proto-Germanic *starjaną (to be fixed, be rigid), related to Etymology 1.

Verb[edit]

starren (weak, third-person singular present starrt, past tense starrte, past participle gestarrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to be covered, to teem (vor / von, with)
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Further reading[edit]

  • starren” in Duden online
  • starren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache