stöhnen

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German

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Etymology

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From northern Middle High German stenen and Middle Low German stȫnen, stēnen, from Old Saxon *stenan, from Proto-Germanic *stenaną. Cognate with Dutch steunen. The rounded vowel likely through merger with another verb, either Middle Low German stōnen, from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (English stun), or a descendant of *stunjaną (Old Norse stynja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtøːnən/
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Verb

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stöhnen (weak, third-person singular present stöhnt, past tense stöhnte, past participle gestöhnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to moan, to groan

Conjugation

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Further reading

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