stehlen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]stehlen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present stiehlt, past tense stahl, past participle gestohlen, past subjunctive stähle or stöhle, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to steal [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘from someone’]
- Er hat mir ein Buch gestohlen. ― He stole a book from me.
- (reflexive) to skulk, to move secretly
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | stehlen | ||||
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present participle | stehlend | ||||
past participle | gestohlen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stehle | wir stehlen | i | ich stehle | wir stehlen |
du stiehlst | ihr stehlt | du stehlest | ihr stehlet | ||
er stiehlt | sie stehlen | er stehle | sie stehlen | ||
preterite | ich stahl | wir stahlen | ii | ich stähle1 ich stöhle1 |
wir stählen1 wir stöhlen1 |
du stahlst | ihr stahlt | du stählest1 du stählst1 du stöhlest1 du stöhlst1 |
ihr stählet1 ihr stählt1 ihr stöhlet1 ihr stöhlt1 | ||
er stahl | sie stahlen | er stähle1 er stöhle1 |
sie stählen1 sie stöhlen1 | ||
imperative | stiehl (du) | stehlt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: ŝteli
Further reading
[edit]- “stehlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stehlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “stehlen” in Duden online
- “stehlen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Saxon stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan.
Verb
[edit]stehlen (third-person singular simple present stehlt, past tense stohl, past participle stahlen, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to steal
- (reflexive) to skulk, to move secretly
Usage notes
[edit]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.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | stehlen | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | stehl | stohl |
2nd person singular | stehls(t) | stohls(t) |
3rd person singular | stehl(t) | stohl |
plural | stehlt, stehlen | stohlen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | stehl | |
plural | stehlt | |
participle | present | past |
stehlen | (e)stahlen, gestahlen | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Synonyms
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- de:Crime
- Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Low German lemmas
- Low German verbs
- Low German transitive verbs
- Low German intransitive verbs
- Low German reflexive verbs
- Low German class 4 strong verbs