stoppen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔpə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: stop‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɔpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stoppen, from Old Dutch *stoppon, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn.

Verb

stoppen

  1. to stop, to halt
    Ze zijn gestopt met werken.
    They have stopped working.
  2. to plug
    Het lek is gestopt.
    The leak has been plugged.
  3. to stuff, to put, to insert
    Stop dat daar maar ergens tussen.
    Stuff that in between there somewhere.
    Stop de stekker in het stopcontact.
    Insert the plug into the socket.
  4. to darn
    Hij heeft zijn sokken gestopt.
    He has darned his socks.
Inflection
Inflection of stoppen (weak)
infinitive stoppen
past singular stopte
past participle gestopt
infinitive stoppen
gerund stoppen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stop stopte
2nd person sing. (jij) stopt stopte
2nd person sing. (u) stopt stopte
2nd person sing. (gij) stopt stopte
3rd person singular stopt stopte
plural stoppen stopten
subjunctive sing.1 stoppe stopte
subjunctive plur.1 stoppen stopten
imperative sing. stop
imperative plur.1 stopt
participles stoppend gestopt
1) Archaic.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stop
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: stupu
  • Negerhollands: stop, top
  • → Caribbean Javanese: setop
  • → Indonesian: setop
  • → Papiamentu: stòp, stop

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stoppen

  1. plural of stop

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stoppen. As in Dutch stoppen, the sense “to stop” is figurative from water flow being stopped by plugging. Only in this figurative meaning has the form been adopted into standard German proper, under the reinforcing influence of English to stop.

Pronunciation

Verb

stoppen (weak, third-person singular present stoppt, past tense stoppte, past participle gestoppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (standard, transitive or intransitive) to stop
    Wir müssen diese Entwicklung stoppen. ― We must stop this development.
    Das Auto hat vor der Kreuzung gestoppt. ― The car stopped at the crossroads.
  2. (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of stopfen (“to stuff, to plug”)
    Musste dein Zeug da so unvorsichtig reinstoppen?
    D'you need to stuff your things in there so carelessly?

Conjugation

Conjugation of stoppen (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive stoppen
present participle stoppend
past participle gestoppt
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich stoppe wir stoppen i ich stoppe wir stoppen
du stoppst ihr stoppt du stoppest ihr stoppet
er stoppt sie stoppen er stoppe sie stoppen
preterite ich stoppte wir stoppten ii ich stoppte1 wir stoppten1
du stopptest ihr stopptet du stopptest1 ihr stopptet1
er stoppte sie stoppten er stoppte1 sie stoppten1
imperative stopp (du)
stoppe (du) 		stoppt (ihr)

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of stoppen (weak, auxiliary haben)
perfect
singular plural singular plural
indicative ich habe gestoppt wir haben gestoppt subjunctive ich habe gestoppt wir haben gestoppt
du hast gestoppt ihr habt gestoppt du habest gestoppt ihr habet gestoppt
er hat gestoppt sie haben gestoppt er habe gestoppt sie haben gestoppt
pluperfect
indicative ich hatte gestoppt wir hatten gestoppt subjunctive ich hätte gestoppt wir hätten gestoppt
du hattest gestoppt ihr hattet gestoppt du hättest gestoppt ihr hättet gestoppt
er hatte gestoppt sie hatten gestoppt er hätte gestoppt sie hätten gestoppt
future i
infinitive stoppen werden subjunctive i ich werde stoppen wir werden stoppen
du werdest stoppen ihr werdet stoppen
er werde stoppen sie werden stoppen
indicative ich werde stoppen wir werden stoppen subjunctive ii ich würde stoppen wir würden stoppen
du wirst stoppen ihr werdet stoppen du würdest stoppen ihr würdet stoppen
er wird stoppen sie werden stoppen er würde stoppen sie würden stoppen
future ii
infinitive gestoppt haben werden subjunctive i ich werde gestoppt haben wir werden gestoppt haben
du werdest gestoppt haben ihr werdet gestoppt haben
er werde gestoppt haben sie werden gestoppt haben
indicative ich werde gestoppt haben wir werden gestoppt haben subjunctive ii ich würde gestoppt haben wir würden gestoppt haben
du wirst gestoppt haben ihr werdet gestoppt haben du würdest gestoppt haben ihr würdet gestoppt haben
er wird gestoppt haben sie werden gestoppt haben er würde gestoppt haben sie würden gestoppt haben

Synonyms

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn.

Pronunciation

Verb

stoppen (third-person singular present stoppt, past participle gestoppt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to stop, to halt
  2. (transitive) to stop, to plug

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive stoppen
participle gestoppt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative 		imperative
1st singular stoppen —
2nd singular stopps stopp
3rd singular stoppt —
1st plural stoppen —
2nd plural stoppt stoppt
3rd plural stoppen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English stoppian, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn.

Verb

stoppen (third-person singular simple present stoppeth, present participle stoppende, stoppynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle stopped)

  1. to stop

Conjugation

Conjugation of stoppen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) stoppen, stoppe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular stoppe stopped
2nd-person singular stoppest stoppedest
3rd-person singular stoppeth stopped
subjunctive singular stoppe
imperative singular —
plural1 stoppen, stoppe stoppeden, stoppede
imperative plural stoppeth, stoppe —
participles stoppynge, stoppende stopped, ystopped

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: stop (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: stop, stap

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

stoppen m

  1. definite singular of stopp (Etymology 1)

stoppen m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of stopp (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

stoppen m

  1. definite singular of stopp (Etymology 1)

stoppen m or n

  1. definite masculine singular of stopp (Etymology 2)

Swedish

Noun

stoppen

  1. definite singular of stopp c
  2. definite plural of stopp n

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