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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
steten
- inflection of stet:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English *stēatan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stewd-.
Verb
steten (third-person singular simple present stet, present participle stetende, first-/third-person singular past indicative stette, past participle istett)
- (transitive) To make a thrust; strike; thrust; push hard on; knock; set; strike at; trample
- (intransitive) To fall heavily
- (intransitive) To move rapidly; hasten; rush
Descendants