stiften
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Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]stiften
Dutch
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Verb
[edit]stiften
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of stiften (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stiften | |||
| past singular | stiftte | |||
| past participle | gestift | |||
| infinitive | stiften | |||
| gerund | stiften n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | stift | stiftte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stift | stiftte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stift | stiftte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stift | stiftte | ||
| 3rd person singular | stift | stiftte | ||
| plural | stiften | stiftten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | stifte | stiftte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | stiften | stiftten | ||
| imperative sing. | stift | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stift | |||
| participles | stiftend | gestift | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Noun
[edit]stiften
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German stiften, from Old High German stiften, from Proto-West Germanic *stiftijan, from Proto-Germanic *stiftijaną. See also steif (“stiff, rigid”) and Stift (“pin; pencil”), both likely from the same root.[1]
Compare typologically Russian утверди́ть (utverdítʹ) (akin to твёрдый (tvjórdyj)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stiften (weak, third-person singular present stiftet, past tense stiftete, past participle gestiftet, auxiliary haben) (transitive)
- to found, to create (an organization or award, especially with a focus on financing)
- Synonyms: gründen, ins Leben rufen
- to sponsor, to fund (the construction or creation of something)
- einen Lehrstuhl stiften ― to sponsor a professorship
- to donate (some amount of money or supplies to a cause)
- Synonym: spenden
- to cause, to spread, to bring about (a reaction or sentiment, especially among a group of people)
- Verwirrung stiften ― to cause confusion
- Identität stiften ― to engender a sense of (shared) identity
- einen Brand stiften ― to commit arson (lit. to cause a fire)
- 2013 February 16, Martina Jammers, “Kultur: Lichtkreis und Schattenspiel”, in Der Tagesspiegel[1], archived from the original on 1 June 2025:
- Wesentliches Stilmittel ist die Besinnung auf die etymologischen Wurzeln der „Photographie“, elementar sein virtuoses Wechselspiel aus Schärfe und Verschwommenheit, das kalkuliert ist und dennoch Atmosphäre stiftet.
- An important stylistic device being used is a return to the etymological roots of "photography", his virtuous interplay of sharpness and blurriness is foundatiomal, calculated and yet creating an atmosphere.
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | stiften | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | stiftend | ||||
| past participle | gestiftet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich stifte | wir stiften | i | ich stifte | wir stiften |
| du stiftest | ihr stiftet | du stiftest | ihr stiftet | ||
| er stiftet | sie stiften | er stifte | sie stiften | ||
| preterite | ich stiftete | wir stifteten | ii | ich stiftete1 | wir stifteten1 |
| du stiftetest | ihr stiftetet | du stiftetest1 | ihr stiftetet1 | ||
| er stiftete | sie stifteten | er stiftete1 | sie stifteten1 | ||
| imperative | stift (du) stifte (du) |
stiftet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “stiften”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “stiften”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
- “stiften” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “stiften” in Duden online
- “stiften” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]stiften m
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]stiften m
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]stiften
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