stiefeln

16th century, from Stiefel +‎ -en in the reflexive sense. The sense “stride, walk” since the 18th century.

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stiefeln (weak, third-person singular present stiefelt, past tense stiefelte, past participle gestiefelt, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (intransitive, informal) to walk, march, especially stridingly, vigourously, or a long distance

   Der kommt hier ständig reingestiefelt und gibt Anweisungen.

   He comes striding in here constantly to give instructions.

   Also mussten wir den ganzen Weg wieder zurückstiefeln.

   So we had to march the whole way back again.

2. (reflexive, dated) to put on boots

   Als er sich gestiefelt hatte, hieß er, die Kutsche vorzufahren.

   When he had put on his boots, he ordered the carriage to be set up.

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