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stoppen

stoppen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔpə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoppen, from Old Dutch stuppon, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną. More at stop.

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
verbal noun
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.

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Noun

stoppen

  1. Plural form of stop

German

Etymology

Central and Low German form of stopfen, 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɔpən/, [ˈʃtɔpən], [ˈʃtɔpm̩]

Verb

stoppen (third-person singular simple 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?

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German stophōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną. Cognate with German stopfen, stoppen, Dutch stoppen, English stop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtopən/

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.

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Middle English

Verb

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

  1. to stop

Swedish

Noun

stoppen

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