German

stoßen

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  1. (class-7, strong, transitive) to push; to shove; to thrust
  2. (class-7, reflexive, strong, transitive) to bump; to knock; to strike; to hurt
  3. (class-7, figuratively, reflexive, strong) to take exception [with an (+ dative) ‘to something’]
  4. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to jolt; to kick; to thrust
  5. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to bump, to knock [with an or gegen (+ accusative) ‘into/against something’]
  6. (class-7, intransitive, strong) to come across, to happen upon, to stumble [with auf (+ accusative) ‘across/upon something’]
  7. (class-7, strong, transitive, vulgar) to fuck

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtoːsən/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
stōzen
Inherited from Old High German
stōzan
Cognate with Old Norse
stauta
Cognate with Danish
støde
Cognate with Gothic
𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽
Cognate with Latin
Latin
tundo
Cognate with Sanskrit
तुदति
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
stoten
Cognate with English
English
stot
In summary

From Middle High German stōzen, from Old High German stōzan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stówd-e-ti, an o-grade intensive formation from *(s)tewd- (“to hit, push”). Akin to Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin tundo. Compare Sanskrit तुदति (tudáti, “to strike, goad”), तोद (todá, “driver, impeller”). Related to Dutch stoten (“to push, bump”) and dialectal English stot (“to bounce, rebound, ricochet, or make bounce, rebound or ricochet”).

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