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steln

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old High German stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠tɛln/

    Verb

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    stëln (class 4 strong, third-person singular present stilt, past tense stal, past participle gestoln, past subjunctive stæle, auxiliary hān)

    1. to steal

    Conjugation

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    Descendants

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    • German: stehlen

    References

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    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “stëln”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “stëln”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), 3rd edition