From Middle High German stinken, from Old High German stinkan, stincan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”), *stegʷ- (“to thrust, strike”).
stinga (past participle gstunkn) (West Central Bavarian)
| infinitive | stinga | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
| 1st person sing. | stink | - | stingad |
| 2nd person sing. | stinkst | - | stingadst |
| 3rd person sing. | stinkt | - | stingad |
| 1st person plur. | stinga | - | stingadn |
| 2nd person plur. | stinkts | - | stingats |
| 3rd person plur. | stinga | - | stingadn |
| imperative sing. | stink | ||
| imperative plur. | stinkts | ||
| past participle | gstunkn | ||
From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Swedish stinga, English sting.
stinga (third person singular past indicative stakk, third person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)
| Conjugation of stinga (group v-46) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stinga | |
| supine | stungið | |
| participle (a26)1 | stingandi | stungin |
| present | past | |
| first singular | stingi | stakk |
| second singular | stingur | stakst |
| third singular | stingur | stakk |
| plural | stinga | stungu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | stikk! | |
| plural | stingið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Faroese and Swedish stinga, English sting.
stinga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stakk, third-person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að stinga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
stungið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
stingandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég sting | við stingum | present (nútíð) |
ég stingi | við stingum |
| þú stingur | þið stingið | þú stingir | þið stingið | ||
| hann, hún, það stingur | þeir, þær, þau stinga | hann, hún, það stingi | þeir, þær, þau stingi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég stakk | við stungum | past (þátíð) |
ég styngi | við styngjum |
| þú stakkst | þið stunguð | þú styngir | þið styngjuð | ||
| hann, hún, það stakk | þeir, þær, þau stungu | hann, hún, það styngi | þeir, þær, þau styngju | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
sting (þú) | stingið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| stingdu | stingiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að stingast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
stungist | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
stingandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég stingst | við stingumst | present (nútíð) |
ég stingist | við stingumst |
| þú stingst | þið stingist | þú stingist | þið stingist | ||
| hann, hún, það stingst | þeir, þær, þau stingast | hann, hún, það stingist | þeir, þær, þau stingist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég stakkst | við stungumst | past (þátíð) |
ég styngist | við styngjumst |
| þú stakkst | þið stungust | þú styngist | þið styngjust | ||
| hann, hún, það stakkst | þeir, þær, þau stungust | hann, hún, það styngist | þeir, þær, þau styngjust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
stingst (þú) | stingist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| stingstu | stingisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
stunginn | stungin | stungið | stungnir | stungnar | stungin | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
stunginn | stungna | stungið | stungna | stungnar | stungin | |
| dative (þágufall) |
stungnum | stunginni | stungnu | stungnum | stungnum | stungnum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
stungins | stunginnar | stungins | stunginna | stunginna | stunginna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
stungni | stungna | stungna | stungnu | stungnu | stungnu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
stungna | stungnu | stungna | stungnu | stungnu | stungnu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
stungna | stungnu | stungna | stungnu | stungnu | stungnu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
stungna | stungnu | stungna | stungnu | stungnu | stungnu | |
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From Old Swedish stinga, from Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Faroese stinga, English sting.
stinga (present stinger, supine stungit, imperative sting)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | stinga | stingas | ||
| Supine | stungit | stungits | ||
| Imperative | sting | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | stingen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | stinger | stang | stings, stinges | stangs |
| Ind. plural1 | stinga | stungo | stingas | stungos |
| Subjunctive2 | stinge | stunge | stinges | stunges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | stingande | |||
| Past participle | stungen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||