stolpern
German
Etymology
Iterative verb form of archaic stopeln (“to be stiff”), according to Kluge, an imitative verb similar to holpern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃtɔlpɐn]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stol‧pern
Verb
stolpern (weak, third-person singular present stolpert, past tense stolperte, past participle gestolpert, auxiliary sein)
- to stumble, to trip
- stolpern über etwas ― to trip over something
- (figurative, colloquial) to stumble across
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Stolpern
- Stolperer
Related terms
- Stolperdraht
- Stolperfalle
- Stolperschritt
- Stolperschwelle
- Stolperstein
- Stolperstelle
Further reading
- “stolpern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “stolpern”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “stolpern” in Duden online
- “stolpern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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