stoßen
/ˈʃtoːsn̩/ verb C2- to push; to shove; to thrust
- to bump; to knock; to strike; to hurt
- to take exception [with an (+ dative) ‘to something’]
- to jolt; to kick; to thrust
- to bump, to knock [with an or gegen (+ accusative) ‘into/against something’]
- to come across, to happen upon, to stumble [with auf (+ accusative) ‘across/upon something’] · auf Probleme stoßen to run into problems
- to fuck
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- stoßen
- Present (er)
- stößt
- Präteritum (er)
- stieß
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gestoßen
- Infinitive with zu
- zu stoßen
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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