stiefeln
[ˈʃtiːfl̩n] verb C2- to walk, march, especially stridingly, vigourously, or a long distance · Der kommt hier ständig reingestiefelt und gibt Anweisungen. He comes striding in here constantly to give instructions.· Also mussten wir den ganzen Weg wieder zurückstiefeln. So we had to march the whole way back again.
- to put on boots · Als er sich gestiefelt hatte, hieß er, die Kutsche vorzufahren. When he had put on his boots, he ordered the carriage to be set up.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- stiefeln
- Present (er)
- stiefelt
- Präteritum (er)
- stiefelte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gestiefelt
- Infinitive with zu
- zu stiefeln
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