Polyglot Dictionary

stehlen

/ˈʃteːlən/

verb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
stiehlt
past
stahl
perfect
hat gestohlen

Meaning

  1. to steal

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

bestehlen

Bestehlen is stealing FROM a person — the victim is the object, "jemanden bestehlen"; stehlen is stealing a THING, "etwas stehlen."

klauen

stehlen is the neutral, standard word for "to steal"; klauen is the everyday colloquial equivalent.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

furtar

furtar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to steal."

Portuguese

roubar

roubar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to steal."

Practice

1 What does stehlen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Jemand hat ihr Fahrrad ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches stehlen?

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