stinga

See also: stingā

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• stinkn (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, South Central Bavarian, Vienna)

Etymology

From Middle High German stinken, from Old High German stinkan, stincan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”), *stegʷ- (“to thrust, strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃd̥iŋɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: stin‧ga

Verb

stinga (past participle gstunkn) (West Central Bavarian)

1. to stink

Conjugation

Conjugation of stinga

infinitive	stinga
past participle	gstunkn
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	stink	—	stingad
2nd person singular	stinkst	—	stingadst
3rd person singular	stinkt	—	stingad
1st person plural	stinga	—	stingadn
2nd person plural	stinkts	—	stingats
3rd person plural	stinga	—	stingadn
	imperative
singular	stink
plural	stinkts

Related terms

• Gstånk
• stingert
• stinkert

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Swedish stinga, English sting.

Verb

stinga (third person singular past indicative stakk, third person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

1. to sting

Conjugation

Conjugation of stinga (group v-46)

infinitive	stinga
supine	stungið
	present	past
first singular	stingi	stakk
second singular	stingur	stakst
third singular	stingur	stakk
plural	stinga	stungu
participle (a26)1	stingandi	stungin
	imperative
singular	stikk!
plural	stingið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Faroese and Swedish stinga, English sting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstiŋka]
• Rhymes: -iŋka

Verb

stinga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stakk, third-person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

1. to stab, to sting, to prick [intransitive or with accusative]
2. to wound, to hurt [intransitive or with accusative]

   Synonym: særa

3. to prick with something, to stab with something [with dative]

   Hann stakk hnífnum í borðið. ― He stuck the knife in the table.

4. to slip something, to put something [with dative]

   Prinsessan stakk einhverju í vasa bóndans.

   The princess slipped something into the farmer's pocket.

   Hún hætti lestri og stakk skruddunni í hilluna.

   She stopped reading and put the old book into the shelf.

5. (impersonal) to strike someone

   Það stakk mig. ― It struck me.

Conjugation

stinga – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að stinga
supine sagnbót		stungið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		stingandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sting	stakk		stingi	styngi
	þú	stingur	stakkst		stingir	styngir
	hann, hún, það	stingur	stakk		stingi	styngi
plural	við	stingum	stungum		stingum	styngjum
	þið	stingið	stunguð		stingið	styngjuð
	þeir, þær, þau	stinga	stungu		stingi	styngju
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sting (þú), stingdu
plural	þið	stingið (þið), stingiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

stingast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að stingast
supine sagnbót		stungist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		stingandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	stingst	stakkst		stingist	styngist
	þú	stingst	stakkst		stingist	styngist
	hann, hún, það	stingst	stakkst		stingist	styngist
plural	við	stingumst	stungumst		stingumst	styngjumst
	þið	stingist	stungust		stingist	styngjust
	þeir, þær, þau	stingast	stungust		stingist	styngjust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	stingst (þú), stingstu
plural	þið	stingist (þið), stingisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

stunginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stunginn	stungin	stungið	stungnir	stungnar	stungin
accusative (þolfall)	stunginn	stungna	stungið	stungna	stungnar	stungin
dative (þágufall)	stungnum	stunginni	stungnu	stungnum	stungnum	stungnum
genitive (eignarfall)	stungins	stunginnar	stungins	stunginna	stunginna	stunginna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stungni	stungna	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
accusative (þolfall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
dative (þágufall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
genitive (eignarfall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu

Derived terms

• stina inn
• stinga að
• stinga af
• stinga á sig
• stinga gat á
• stinga í augun
• stinga í stúf
• stinga í vasann
• stinga saman nefjum
• stinga sér
• stinga undan
• stinga undir stól
• stinga upp á
• stinga upp garð
• stinga upp í
• stinga upp í sig
• stinga upp skrá
• stinga við
• undirstinga

Italian

Verb

stinga

1. inflection of stingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• stagni

Latvian

Adjective

stinga

1. inflection of stings:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• stingene

Noun

stinga n

1. definite plural of sting

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stinga n

1. definite plural of sting

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stinga, from Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Faroese stinga, English sting.

Verb

stinga (present stinger, supine stungit, imperative sting)

1. to sting, to pierce

Usage notes

• The past tense singular "stang" is "very rare" according to SAOL (6th ed.), replaced by "stack" in SAOL (8th ed., the past tense of sticka), although the past tense plural is stungo, and "missing" in SAOL (13th ed.).

Conjugation

Conjugation of stinga (class 3 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	stinga		stingas
supine	stungit		stungits
imperative	sting		—
imper. plural1	stingen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	stinger	stang	stings, stinges	stangs
ind. plural1	stinga	stungo	stingas	stungos
subjunctive2	stinge	stunge	stinges	stunges
present participle		stingande
past participle		stungen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• sticka

See also

• stick
• stygn
• styng
• sting

References

• Stinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
• stinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• “stinga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• stinga in Otto Hoppe, Carl Auerbach, Schwedisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Svensk-tysk ordbok (1919)

Anagrams

• gnista