stieben

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German stieben, from Old High German stioban, from Proto-West Germanic *steuban. Cognate to Dutch stuiven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtiːbən/, [ˈʃtiː.bn̩] Rhymes: -iːbən === Verb === stieben (class 2 strong, third-person singular present stiebt, past tense stob, past participle gestoben, past subjunctive stöbe, auxiliary haben or sein) (literary, intransitive) to swirl and fly somewhere (of small particles, such as dust or sparks) [auxiliary haben or sein] to scatter and run away, typically in panic [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== verstieben zerstieben ==== Related terms ==== Staub stöbern === Further reading === “stieben” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “stieben” in Duden online “stieben”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)