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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German stürzen, from Old High German sturzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan. See also the doublet starten, descended from the same source. Compare English start.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]stürzen (weak, third-person singular present stürzt, past tense stürzte, past participle gestürzt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to fall down, to drop, to tumble [auxiliary sein]
- (intransitive) to dash, to rush, to sprint to something [auxiliary sein]
- (intransitive) to drop off steeply [auxiliary sein]
- (transitive) to throw, to hurl [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive) to upturn [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive) to overthrow, to oust, to dethrone [auxiliary haben]
- (reflexive, colloquial) to plunge, to dive, to throw oneself [with auf ( accusative) ‘into something’] [auxiliary haben]
- Ich bin hungrig. Stürzen wir uns auf das Essen.
- I'm hungry. Let's dive into the food.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | stürzen | ||||
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present participle | stürzend | ||||
past participle | gestürzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stürze | wir stürzen | i | ich stürze | wir stürzen |
du stürzt | ihr stürzt | du stürzest | ihr stürzet | ||
er stürzt | sie stürzen | er stürze | sie stürzen | ||
preterite | ich stürzte | wir stürzten | ii | ich stürzte1 | wir stürzten1 |
du stürztest | ihr stürztet | du stürztest1 | ihr stürztet1 | ||
er stürzte | sie stürzten | er stürzte1 | sie stürzten1 | ||
imperative | stürz (du) stürze (du) |
stürzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- abstürzen
- einstürzen
- herabstürzen (“to come crashing down”)
- hinunterstürze (“to tumble down”)
- niederstürzen
- vorwärtsstürzen
- zusammenstürzen
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “stürzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stürzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “stürzen” in Duden online
- “stürzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “stürzen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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