stürzen

Meaning

1. (intransitive,weak) to fall down, to drop, to tumble
2. (intransitive,weak) to dash, to rush, to sprint to something
3. (intransitive,weak) to drop off steeply
4. (transitive,weak) to throw, to hurl
5. (transitive,weak) to upturn
6. (transitive,weak) to overthrow, to oust, to dethrone
7. (colloquial,reflexive,weak) to plunge, to dive, to throw oneself [with auf (+ accusative) ‘into something’]

Concepts

fall

overthrow

subvert

topple

overturn

precipitate

rush

tumble

upset

lunge

undermine

capsize

fall down

drop

dethrone

plummet

hurl

plunge

swoop

sink

hurry

fallen

overthrown

fall off

be overturned

topple over

fall over

be ruined

break down

collapse

die

fall senseless

have a bad debt

succumb to

disperse

take a castle

batter down

pull down

pelt

reverse

spill

turn

turn over

depose

dash

dive

lunge forward

slump

swoop down

rebound

descend

sag

come

go

walk

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.

Sentences

Ein Matrose hängt in der Takelage und droht zu stürzen .

A sailor hangs in the rigging and threatens to fall.