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stiften

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Danish

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Noun

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stiften

  1. definite singular of stift

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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stiften

  1. to draw or apply colour using a stift
  2. to chip (in football)

Conjugation

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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

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stiften

  1. plural of stift

German

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Etymology

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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)).

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Verb

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stiften (weak, third-person singular present stiftet, past tense stiftete, past participle gestiftet, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

  1. to found, to create (an organization or award, especially with a focus on financing)
    Synonyms: gründen, ins Leben rufen
  2. to sponsor, to fund (the construction or creation of something)
    einen Lehrstuhl stiftento sponsor a professorship
  3. to donate (some amount of money or supplies to a cause)
    Synonym: spenden
  4. to cause, to spread, to bring about (a reaction or sentiment, especially among a group of people)
    Verwirrung stiftento cause confusion
    Identität stiftento engender a sense of (shared) identity
    einen Brand stiftento 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.

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “stiften”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • 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

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Noun

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stiften m

  1. definite singular of stift

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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stiften m

  1. definite singular of stift

Swedish

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Noun

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stiften

  1. definite plural of stift