stürzen

See also: Stürzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#STURZEN stürzen, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#STURZEN sturzen, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#STURZENCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#STURZEN *sturtijan. See also the doublet starten, descended from the same source. Compare English start.

Pronunciation

Verb

stürzen (weak, third-person singular present stürzt, past tense stürzte, past participle gestürzt, auxiliary haben or sein)Category:German lemmas#STURZENCategory:German verbs#STURZENCategory:German weak verbs#STURZENCategory:German verbs using haben as auxiliary#STURZENCategory:German verbs using sein as auxiliary#STURZENCategory:German verbs using haben and sein as auxiliary#STURZENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#STURZENCategory:Pages with entries#STÜRZENCategory:Pages with 1 entry#STÜRZEN

  1. (intransitiveCategory:German intransitive verbs#STURZEN) to fall down, to drop, to tumble [auxiliary sein]
  2. (intransitiveCategory:German intransitive verbs#STURZEN) to dash, to rush, to sprint to something [auxiliary sein]
  3. (intransitiveCategory:German intransitive verbs#STURZEN) to drop off steeply [auxiliary sein]
  4. (transitiveCategory:German transitive verbs#STURZEN) to throw, to hurl [auxiliary haben]
  5. (transitiveCategory:German transitive verbs#STURZEN) to upturn [auxiliary haben]
  6. (transitiveCategory:German transitive verbs#STURZEN) to overthrow, to oust, to dethrone [auxiliary haben]
  7. (reflexiveCategory:German reflexive verbs#STURZEN, colloquialCategory:German colloquialisms#STURZEN) to plunge, to dive, to throw oneself [with auf (+ accusative) ‘into something’] [auxiliary haben]
    Ich bin hungrig. Stürzen wir uns auf das Essen.
    I'm hungry. Let's dive into the food.
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Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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