stehlen

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German

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Etymology

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From Old High German stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, Proto-Germanic *stelaną. Compare Icelandic stela, Low German stehlen, Dutch stelen, English steal, Danish stjæle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃteːlən/
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  • Hyphenation: steh‧len
  • Homophone: Stelen

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

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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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From Old Saxon stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan.

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.

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