16th century, from archaic stochen (“to stir, stoke”) + -ern (frequentative suffix). Said verb is derived from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn (whence English stoke), possibly through Middle Low German stōken. See stochen for more. Ultimately related with stoßen (“to thrust”) and Stock (“stick”).
stochern (weak, third-person singular present stochert, past tense stocherte, past participle gestochert, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | stochern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | stochernd | ||||
| past participle | gestochert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich stochre ich stochere ich stocher |
wir stochern | i | ich stochere ich stochre |
wir stochern |
| du stocherst | ihr stochert | du stocherest du stochrest |
ihr stocheret ihr stochret | ||
| er stochert | sie stochern | er stochere er stochre |
sie stochern | ||
| preterite | ich stocherte | wir stocherten | ii | ich stocherte1 | wir stocherten1 |
| du stochertest | ihr stochertet | du stochertest1 | ihr stochertet1 | ||
| er stocherte | sie stocherten | er stocherte1 | sie stocherten1 | ||
| imperative | stochre (du) stocher (du) stochere (du) |
stochert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.