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stotter

stotter

English

Alternative forms

  • stowter, stauter, stawter

Verb

stotter ‎(third-person singular simple present stotters, present participle stottering, simple past and past participle stottered)

  1. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To stagger; totter; stumble

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stotter

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stotteren
  2. imperative of stotteren

German

Verb

stotter

  1. First-person singular present of stottern.
  2. Imperative singular of stottern.

Etymology

From Middle English stoteren (compare also participle staterand ‎(“staggering; tottering; stumbling”)), a frequentative form of Middle English stoten ‎(“to stumble”), related to Dutch stoten ‎(“to push; bump; butt; stumble against”), German stoßen ‎(“to push; butt; knock; bump”), Icelandic stauta ‎(“to struggle through; pound; grind”), equivalent to stut +‎ -er ‎(frequentative suffix).

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