stechen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German stëchen, from Old High German stëhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *stekan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛçn̩/, /ˈʃtɛçən/ Hyphenation: ste‧chen === Verb === stechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present sticht, past tense stach, past participle gestochen, past subjunctive stäche, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to be sharp, to stick out (transitive) to stick (someone or something); to poke (transitive or intransitive) to sting; to bite; to prick (transitive) to cut; to chop (transitive, of the sun) to burn (transitive, card games) to take; to trump; to capture ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Stich sticheln === Further reading === “stechen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “stechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “stechen” in Duden online “stechen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German stëhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *stekan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠tɛxːən/ === Verb === stëchen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present stichet, past tense stach, past participle gestochen, past subjunctive stæche, auxiliary hān) to pierce, to stab ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: stechen