stoßen
German
Alternative forms
- stossen (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
Etymology
From Middle High German stōzen, from Old High German stōzan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stówd-e-ti, an o-grade intensive formation from *(s)tewd- (“to hit, push”). Akin to Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin tundo. Compare Sanskrit तुदति (tudáti, “to strike, goad”), तोद (todá, “driver, impeller”). Related to Dutch stoten (“to push, bump”) and English stot (“to bounce, rebound, ricochet, or make bounce, rebound or ricochet”).
Pronunciation
Verb
- (transitive) to push; to shove; to thrust
- (transitive or reflexive) to bump; to knock; to strike; to hurt
- (reflexive, figuratively, with an) to take exception (to something)
- (intransitive) to jolt; to kick; to thrust
Conjugation
Related terms
- abstoßen
- anstoßen
- aufeinanderstoßen
- aufstoßen
- beiseitestoßen
- dazustoßen
- durchstoßen
- einstoßen
- fortstoßen
- herabstoßen
- herumstoßen
- hervorstoßen
- hinabstoßen
- hinaufstoßen
- hinausstoßen
- hineinstoßen
- hinunterstoßen
- Stoß
- Stößel
- Stoßverkehr
- stoßweise
- Stoßzahn
- umstoßen
- verstoßen
- vorstoßen
- wegstoßen
- zerstoßen
- zurückstoßen
- zusammenstoßen
- zustoßen
Verb
- (intransitive, with an or gegen) to bump (into something); to knock (against something)
- (intransitive, with auf) to come (across something); to happen (upon something); to stumble (upon something)
Conjugation
Further reading
- “stoßen” in Duden online
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