stecken
/ˈʃtɛkən/ verb B1- to stick; to be stuck · Die Katze steckt im Baum. The cat is stuck in the tree.· in Schwierigkeiten stecken to be in trouble
- to be hiding (by location or causally behind something) · Er wusste nicht, wo seine Katze wieder steckt. He didn’t know where his cat is again.· Nur seine Eltern und zwei gute Freunde wissen, dass er hinter dem Auftritt steckt. Only his parents and two good friends know he is hiding behind the site.
- to inform privily, to intimate
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- stecken
- Present (er)
- steckt
- Präteritum (er)
- steckte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gesteckt
- Infinitive with zu
- zu stecken
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