stiefeln

== German == === Etymology === 16th century, from Stiefel +‎ -en in the reflexive sense. The sense “stride, walk” since the 18th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃtiːfl̩n] Hyphenation: stie‧feln === Verb === stiefeln (weak, third-person singular present stiefelt, past tense stiefelte, past participle gestiefelt, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive, informal) to walk, march, especially stridingly, vigourously, or a long distance (reflexive, dated) to put on boots ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: stiefelen === Further reading === “stiefeln” in Duden online “stiefeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)