stürzen
Meaning
- (intransitive,weak) to fall down, to drop, to tumble
- (intransitive,weak) to dash, to rush, to sprint to something
- (intransitive,weak) to drop off steeply
- (transitive,weak) to throw, to hurl
- (transitive,weak) to upturn
- (transitive,weak) to overthrow, to oust, to dethrone
- (colloquial,reflexive,weak) to plunge, to dive, to throw oneself [with auf (+ accusative) ‘into something’]
Concepts
succumb to
be ruined
fall senseless
lunge forward
swoop down
be overturned
have a bad debt
batter down
take a castle
Synonyms
zu Fall bringen
herabfallen
herunterstürzen
zu Fall kommen
hinabschießen
hinschlagen
über den Haufen stürzen
entlangrasen
hinunterfallen
hinabwerfen
sich herumdrehen
unterhöhlen
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
falle
Basel-Landschaft
fliege
Basel-Landschaft
gheie
Basel-Landschaft
iberbeggle
Basel-Landschaft
iberschloo
Basel-Landschaft
ibersteggle
Basel-Landschaft
iberstelle
Basel-Landschaft
säägle
Basel-Landschaft
umfalle
Basel-Landschaft
umfliege
Basel-Landschaft
umgheie
Basel-Landschaft
umkaigle
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
stür‧zen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtyʁtsən/
Etymology
From Middle High German stürzen, from Old High German sturzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan. See also the doublet starten, descended from the same source. Compare English start.
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