stopfen

See also: Stopfen

German

Alternative forms

  • stoppen (in this sense only colloquial; northern and central Germany)

Etymology

From Old High German stopfōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɔpfən/, [ˈʃtɔpfən], [-pfɱ̍], [-pɸən], [-pɸɱ̍]
  • (file)

Verb

stopfen (third-person singular simple present stopft, past tense stopfte, past participle gestopft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to stuff, to plug
  2. to darn (mend by sewing over)
    Socken stopfen ― to darn socks

Conjugation

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