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stehlen

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German

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle High German stëln, from Old High German stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    stehlen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present stiehlt, past tense stahl, past participle gestohlen, past subjunctive stähle or stöhle, auxiliary haben)

    1. (transitive or intransitive) to steal [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘from someone’]
      Er hat mir ein Buch gestohlen.He stole a book from me.
    2. (reflexive) to skulk, to move secretly

    Conjugation

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    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Esperanto: ŝteli

    Further reading

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    • stehlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • stehlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • stehlen” in Duden online
    • stehlen” in OpenThesaurus.de

    Low German

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Middle Low German stēlen, from Old Saxon stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

      Verb

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      stehlen (third-person singular simple present stehlt, past tense stohl, past participle stahlen, auxiliary verb hebben)

      1. (transitive or intransitive) to steal
      2. (reflexive) to skulk, to move secretly

      Usage notes

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      As in High German, the person from whom the thing is stolen is given in the oblique case. Thus, He hett mi en Book stahlen means: “He stole a book from me.” This is quite contrary to English usage, where “He stole me a book” would be the equivalent of Low German: He hett en Book för mi stahlen.

      Conjugation

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      Conjugation of stehlen (class 4 strong verb)
      infinitive stehlen
      present preterite
      1st person singular stehl stohl
      2nd person singular stehls(t) stohls(t)
      3rd person singular stehl(t) stohl
      plural stehlt, stehlen stohlen
      imperative
      singular stehl
      plural stehlt
      present past
      participle stehlen (e)stahlen, gestahlen

      Note: This conjugation is one of many.
      Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

      Synonyms

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