stürzen

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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtyʁtsən/, [ˈʃtʏɐtsn̩]
  • Hyphenation: stür‧zen
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Verb

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stürzen (weak, third-person singular present stürzt, past tense stürzte, past participle gestürzt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to fall down, to drop, to tumble [auxiliary sein]
  2. (intransitive) to dash, to rush, to sprint to something [auxiliary sein]
  3. (intransitive) to drop off steeply [auxiliary sein]
  4. (transitive) to throw, to hurl [auxiliary haben]
  5. (transitive) to upturn [auxiliary haben]
  6. (transitive) to overthrow, to oust, to dethrone [auxiliary haben]
  7. (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

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Derived terms

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