stingen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstinɡən/, /ˈstindʒən/

Verb

stingen

  1. To impale or gore with a piercing instrument.
  2. To sting (to bite, usually using a stinger)
  3. To put inside of; to perform insertion.
  4. (usually in the past participle) To afflict or injure.
  5. (figurative) To copulate; to have sex.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stingen (strong class 3)
infinitive (to) stingen, stinge
present tense past tense
1st-person singular stinge stang
2nd-person singular stingest stunge, stang
3rd-person singular stingeth stang
subjunctive singular stinge stunge1
imperative singular —
plural2 stingen, stinge stungen, stunge
imperative plural stingeth, stinge —
participles stingynge, stingende stungen, stunge, ystungen, ystunge

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

Descendants

  • English: sting
  • Scots: sting

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stingen m

  1. definite singular of sting
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