stauchen

Meaning

  1. (weak) to compress (with deformation)
  2. (weak) to upset; to perform a forming operation that increases a workpiece's diameter by decreasing its length.

Synonyms

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stuuche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈʃtaʊ̯xn̩]
Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle High German stūchen (“to cup, bleed”), from Middle High German stūche (“cupping glass”). Alternatively, perhaps from Middle Low German stûken (“to push, compress, arrange flax in small bundles for drying”), from Middle Low German stûke (“bundle of flax set up to dry, bunch of grain”).

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