steifen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaɪ̯fn̩/
  • Hyphenation: stei‧fen
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Etymology 1

steif +‎ -en

Verb

steifen (weak, third-person singular present steift, past tense steifte, past participle gesteift, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to stiffen
Conjugation

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

steifen

  1. inflection of steif:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural