stelen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsteːlə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ste‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stelen, from Old Dutch *stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

Verb

stelen

  1. (transitive) to steal
Inflection
Inflection of stelen (strong class 4)
infinitive stelen
past singular stal
past participle gestolen
infinitive stelen
gerund stelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular steel stal
2nd person sing. (jij) steelt stal
2nd person sing. (u) steelt stal
2nd person sing. (gij) steelt staalt
3rd person singular steelt stal
plural stelen stalen
subjunctive sing.1 stele stale
subjunctive plur.1 stelen stalen
imperative sing. steel
imperative plur.1 steelt
participles stelend gestolen
1) Archaic.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: steel
  • Negerhollands: steel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stelen

  1. plural of steel

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *stelan.

Pronunciation

Verb

stēlen

  1. to steal

Inflection

Strong class 4
Infinitive stēlen
3rd sg. past stal
3rd pl. past stâlen
Past participle gestolen
Infinitive stēlen
In genitive stēlens
In dative stēlene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular stēle stal
2nd singular stēels, stēles stâels, stâles
3rd singular stēelt, stēlet stal
1st plural stēlen stâlen
2nd plural stēelt, stēlet stâelt, stâlet
3rd plural stēlen stâlen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular stēle stâle
2nd singular stēels, stēles stâles
3rd singular stēle stâle
1st plural stēlen stâlen
2nd plural stēelt, stēlet stâlet
3rd plural stēlen stâlen
Imperative Present
Singular stel, stēel, stēle
Plural stēelt, stēlet
Present Past
Participle stēlende gestolen

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English stelan.

Verb

stelen (third-person singular simple present steleth, present participle stelende, stelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative stal, past participle stolen)

  1. to steal
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Epheſianes 4:28, page 75v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      he þat ſtal .· now ſtele he not / but moꝛe trauele he in woꝛchyng wiþ his hondis þat þat is good .· þat he haue wher of he ſchal ȝyue to nedi
      Anyone who steals shouldn't steal again, but should instead do useful work with their own hands so they have to give to the needy.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stelen (strong class 4)
infinitive (to) stelen, stele
present tense past tense
1st-person singular stele stal, stel
2nd-person singular stelest stele, stale, stal, stel
3rd-person singular steleth stal, stel
subjunctive singular stele stele1, stale1
imperative singular —
plural2 stelen, stele stelen, stele, stalen, stale
imperative plural steleth, stele —
participles stelynge, stelende stolen, stole, ystolen, ystole

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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