stiften

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Danish

Noun

stiften

  1. definite singular of stift

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

stiften

  1. to draw or apply colour using a stift
  2. to chip (in football)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stiften (weak)
infinitive stiften
past singular stiftte
past participle gestift
infinitive stiften
gerund stiften n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stift stiftte
2nd person sing. (jij) stift stiftte
2nd person sing. (u) stift stiftte
2nd person sing. (gij) stift stiftte
3rd person singular stift stiftte
plural stiften stiftten
subjunctive sing.1 stifte stiftte
subjunctive plur.1 stiften stiftten
imperative sing. stift
imperative plur.1 stift
participles stiftend gestift
1) Archaic.

Noun

stiften

  1. plural of stift

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stiften, from Old High German stiften, from Proto-West Germanic *stiftijan, from Proto-Germanic *stiftijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *steybʰ- (to stick; pique).

Pronunciation

Verb

stiften (weak, third-person singular present stiftet, past tense stiftete, past participle gestiftet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to endow, to donate
  2. to bring about

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • stiften” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stiften” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stiften” in Duden online
  • stiften” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stiften m

  1. definite singular of stift

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stiften m

  1. definite singular of stift

Swedish

Noun

stiften

  1. definite plural of stift