stauen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stouwen, from Old High German stouwōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stōwu, from Proto-Germanic *stōwō (a place, stowage), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand, place, put). Compare English stow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtaʊ̯ən/, [ʃtaʊ̯n̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: stau‧en

Verb

stauen (weak, third-person singular present staut, past tense staute, past participle gestaut, auxiliary haben)

  1. to stow
  2. to dam

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Low German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stōwu, from Proto-Germanic *stōwō (a place, stowage), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand, place, put). Cognate with German stauen, Dutch stouwen and stuwen, and English stow.

Verb

stauen (past stau, past participle staut, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to stow, dam
  2. to halt

Conjugation

Derived terms

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