stürmen

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See also: sturmen and Stürmen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stürmen, from Old High German sturmen, from Proto-Germanic *sturmijaną. Equivalent to Sturm +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʏrmən/, , , ,
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  • Hyphenation: stür‧men

Verb

stürmen (weak, third-person singular present stürmt, past tense stürmte, past participle gestürmt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (meteorology, intransitive, often impersonal) to storm, be blustery
    Es stürmt.It’s storming.
    Draußen stürmt ein Orkan.There’s a hurricane blustering outside.
  2. (intransitive) to rush, charge
    Er ist wütend nach draußen gestürmt.
    He rushed outside in a rage.
  3. (sports, intransitive) to attack, play as forward
    Sie haben viel gestürmt, aber wenig echte Chancen herausgespielt.
    They attacked a lot, but created few real chances.
    Er hat jahrelang für Österreich gestürmt.
    He played as a forward for Austria for several years.
  4. (military, usually transitive) to storm, assault, to conduct a violent, often frontal attack
    Infanterieeinheiten stürmen derzeit das Dorf.
    Infantry units are currently storming the village.
    Jetzt schon zu stürmen, würde zu hohen Verlusten führen.
    Storming already at this point would lead to high losses.
  5. (figurative, transitive) to crowd, flock to
    Binnen Minuten stürmten Tausende Fans die Ticketschalter.
    Within minutes thousands of fans were crowding the ticket counters. (Does not imply riots as English “to storm” usually would in this context.)

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Further reading

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