stechen

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German stehhan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *stikaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛçn̩/, /ˈʃtɛçən/

• Audio:

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Verb

1. (transitive) to stick (someone or something); to poke
2. (transitive or intransitive) to sting; to bite; to prick
3. (transitive) to cut; to chop
4. (transitive, of the sun) to burn
5. (transitive, card games) to take; to trump; to capture

Derived terms

Derived terms

• abstechen
• anstechen
• ausstechen
• bestechen

• durchstechen
• erstechen
• in See stechen
• niederstechen

• Stecher
• Stechkarte
• Stechuhr
• zerstechen

Related terms

• sticheln

Further reading

• “stechen” in Duden online