starren

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German

Etymology

A merger of two related verbs:

  1. Middle High German staren, from Old High German starēn (to stare), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn (to be fixed, be rigid);
  2. Middle High German starren, from Old High German storrēn (to be stiff), from Proto-Germanic *starjaną (to be fixed, be rigid).

Pronunciation

Verb

starren (weak, third-person singular present starrt, past tense starrte, past participle gestarrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to stare, to gaze
  2. (intransitive) to be full (of), to be covered (with), to teem (with)

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Further reading

  • starren” in Duden online
  • starren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache