stiften
verb C1- to found, to create (an organization or award, especially with a focus on financing)
- to sponsor, to fund (the construction or creation of something) · einen Lehrstuhl stiften to sponsor a professorship
- to donate (some amount of money or supplies to a cause)
- to cause, to spread, to bring about (a reaction or sentiment, especially among a group of people) · Verwirrung stiften to cause confusion· Identität stiften to engender a sense of (shared) identity
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- stiften
- Present (er)
- stiftet
- Präteritum (er)
- stiftete
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gestiftet
- Infinitive with zu
- zu stiften
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