"stecken" meaning in German

See stecken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃtɛkən/, [ˈʃtɛkən], [ˈʃtɛkŋ] Audio: De-stecken.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German stecken, from Old High German steckōn, a geminated derivative of stehhan, whence modern stechen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|stecken}} Middle High German stecken, {{inh|de|goh|steckōn}} Old High German steckōn Head templates: {{de-verb|stecken<steckte:stak􂀿archaic􂁀,gesteckt,steckte:stäke􂀿archaic􂁀>}} stecken (weak or irregular strong, third-person singular present steckt, past tense steckte or (archaic) stak, past participle gesteckt, past subjunctive steckte or (archaic) stäke, auxiliary haben) Inflection templates: {{de-conj|stecken<steckte:stak􂀿archaic􂁀,gesteckt,steckte:stäke􂀿archaic􂁀>}} Forms: steckt [present, singular, third-person], steckte [past], stak [archaic, past], gesteckt [participle, past], steckte [past, subjunctive], stäke [archaic, past, subjunctive], haben [auxiliary], irregular strong weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], stecken [infinitive], steckend [participle, present], gesteckt [participle, past], stecke [first-person, indicative, present, singular], stecken [first-person, indicative, plural, present], stecke [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], stecken [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], steckst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], steckt [indicative, plural, present, second-person], steckest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], stecket [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], steckt [indicative, present, singular, third-person], stecken [indicative, plural, present, third-person], stecke [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], stecken [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], steckte [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], stak [archaic, first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], steckten [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], staken [archaic, first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], steckte [first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stäke [archaic, first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], steckten [first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stäken [archaic, first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stecktest [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], stakst [archaic, indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], stecktet [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], stakt [archaic, indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], stecktest [formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stäkest [archaic, formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stäkst [archaic, formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stecktet [formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stäket [archaic, formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], stäkt [archaic, formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], steckte [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], stak [archaic, indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], steckten [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], staken [archaic, indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], steckte [formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], stäke [archaic, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], steckten [formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], stäken [archaic, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], steck [imperative, second-person, singular], stecke [imperative, second-person, singular], steckt [imperative, plural, second-person], irregular strong weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe gesteckt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben gesteckt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe gesteckt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben gesteckt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest gesteckt [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet gesteckt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe gesteckt [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben gesteckt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte gesteckt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten gesteckt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte gesteckt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten gesteckt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest gesteckt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet gesteckt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hatte gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], hatten gesteckt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], hätte gesteckt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], hätten gesteckt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], stecken werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde stecken [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden stecken [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde stecken [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden stecken [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde stecken [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden stecken [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst stecken [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet stecken [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird stecken [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden stecken [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden stecken [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], gesteckt haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde gesteckt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden gesteckt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde gesteckt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden gesteckt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde gesteckt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden gesteckt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden gesteckt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (transitive), causative of stecken when intransitive, to stick; to put; to insert; to pin Tags: causative, form-of, irregular, strong, transitive, weak Form of: stecken when intransitive (extra: to put; to insert; to pin), to stick (extra: to put; to insert; to pin)
    Sense id: en-stecken-de-verb-pcSoKIU3 Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves, German entries with incorrect language header, German verbs using haben as auxiliary, Middle High German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 15 38 16 Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 38 21 20 21 Disambiguation of Middle High German entries with incorrect language header: 23 16 29 17 10 5 Disambiguation of Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary: 23 17 23 17 12 7
  2. (intransitive) to stick; to be stuck Tags: intransitive, irregular, strong, weak
    Sense id: en-stecken-de-verb-rcnpdzk4 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 15 38 16 Disambiguation of Middle High German entries with incorrect language header: 23 16 29 17 10 5 Disambiguation of Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary: 23 17 23 17 12 7
  3. (intransitive, informal) to be hiding (by location or causally behind something) Tags: informal, intransitive, irregular, strong, weak
    Sense id: en-stecken-de-verb-RIQTqk9s Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 15 38 16 Disambiguation of Middle High German entries with incorrect language header: 23 16 29 17 10 5 Disambiguation of Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary: 23 17 23 17 12 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 14 33 15 13 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 11 46 12 10 9
  4. (ditransitive, informal) to inform privily, to intimate Tags: ditransitive, informal, irregular, strong, weak Synonyms: zustecken, mitteilen
    Sense id: en-stecken-de-verb-9sYgy~fv Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German entries with incorrect language header, Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 15 38 16 Disambiguation of Middle High German entries with incorrect language header: 23 16 29 17 10 5 Disambiguation of Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary: 23 17 23 17 12 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Stecken, Stecker, Steckung, Steckling, steckend, gesteckt, verstecken Related terms: abstecken, hochstecken, in der Zwickmühle stecken, stechen, unter einer Decke stecken, wegstecken, zurückstecken

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Stecken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Stecker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Steckung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Steckling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "steckend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gesteckt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "verstecken"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "stecken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German stecken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "steckōn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German steckōn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German stecken, from Old High German steckōn, a geminated derivative of stehhan, whence modern stechen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "steckt",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stak",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesteckt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckte",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäke",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular strong weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecktest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stakst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecktet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stakt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecktest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäkest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäkst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecktet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäket",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stäken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steck",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular strong weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gesteckt",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gesteckt",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gesteckt",
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        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gesteckt",
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        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hast gesteckt",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habt gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habest gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habet gesteckt",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hat gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gesteckt",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gesteckt",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten gesteckt",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte gesteckt",
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        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hattest gesteckt",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hattet gesteckt",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättest gesteckt",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättet gesteckt",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte gesteckt",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten gesteckt",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte gesteckt",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten gesteckt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stecken werden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde stecken",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde stecken",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst stecken",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden stecken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesteckt haben werden",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gesteckt haben",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gesteckt haben",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest gesteckt haben",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "stecken<steckte:stak􂀿archaic􂁀,gesteckt,steckte:stäke􂀿archaic􂁀>"
      },
      "expansion": "stecken (weak or irregular strong, third-person singular present steckt, past tense steckte or (archaic) stak, past participle gesteckt, past subjunctive steckte or (archaic) stäke, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ste",
        "cken"
      ]
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    {
      "parts": [
        "stek",
        "ken"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stecken<steckte:stak􂀿archaic􂁀,gesteckt,steckte:stäke􂀿archaic􂁀>"
      },
      "name": "de-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "abstecken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hochstecken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in der Zwickmühle stecken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stechen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unter einer Decke stecken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wegstecken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zurückstecken"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Forms linking to themselves",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 15 38 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 21 20 21",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 16 29 17 10 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 17 23 17 12 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              265,
              273
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 October 22, “Drei Raubzüge binnen fünf Tagen in Bielefeld und Hiddenhausen. Polizei fasst Tankstellenräuber.”, in Westfalen-Blatt, number 246, published 23 October 2025, page BF07:",
          "text": "Wie Polizeisprecher Fabian Rickel berichtet, wurde der unter anderem wegen Ladendiebstählen und Drogendelikten polizeibekannte 22-jährige Bielefelder zwei Tage nach dem letzten Tankstellenüberfall in der Bielefelder Innenstadt festgenommen und in Untersuchungshaft gesteckt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to put; to insert; to pin",
          "word": "stecken when intransitive"
        },
        {
          "extra": "to put; to insert; to pin",
          "word": "to stick"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "causative of stecken when intransitive, to stick; to put; to insert; to pin"
      ],
      "id": "en-stecken-de-verb-pcSoKIU3",
      "links": [
        [
          "stecken",
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        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
        [
          "insert",
          "insert"
        ],
        [
          "pin",
          "pin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive), causative of stecken when intransitive, to stick; to put; to insert; to pin"
      ],
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        "causative",
        "form-of",
        "irregular",
        "strong",
        "transitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 15 38 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 16 29 17 10 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 17 23 17 12 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
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            [
              11,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The cat is stuck in the tree.",
          "text": "Die Katze steckt im Baum.",
          "translation": "The cat is stuck in the tree.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in trouble",
          "literal_meaning": "to be stuck in difficulty",
          "text": "in Schwierigkeiten stecken",
          "translation": "to be in trouble",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              183,
              189
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Man Without Qualities",
          "ref": "1930–1943, Robert Musil, “Der Ausschuß zur Fassung eines leitenden Beschlusses in bezug auf das Siebzigjährige Regierungsjubiläum Sr. Majestät beginnt zu tagen.”, in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften [The Man Without Qualities], book 1, Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, published 1957:",
          "text": "Unzählige Erinnerungen an Erlebnisse, Myriaden einander kreuzender Schwingungen des Geistes waren in diesen Köpfen versammelt, die wie die Nadeln eines Teppichwirkers in einem Gewebe staken, das sich rings um sie, vor ihnen und nach ihnen ohne Naht und Rand ausbreitete, und sie wirkten an irgendeiner Stelle ein Muster, das sich ähnlich anderswo wiederholte und doch ein wenig verschieden war.",
          "translation": "The Man Without Qualities",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "stick"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) to stick; to be stuck"
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "irregular",
        "strong",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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        },
        {
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He didn’t know where his cat is again.",
          "text": "Er wusste nicht, wo seine Katze wieder steckt.",
          "translation": "He didn’t know where his cat is again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              75,
              81
            ]
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              46,
              55
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          "english": "Only his parents and two good friends know he is hiding behind the site.",
          "text": "Nur seine Eltern und zwei gute Freunde wissen, dass er hinter dem Auftritt steckt.",
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          "type": "example"
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              16
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          "english": "Cartels are behind the high prices in matresses.",
          "text": "Kartelle stecken hinter den hohen Preisen bei Matratzen.",
          "translation": "Cartels are behind the high prices in matresses.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(intransitive, informal) to be hiding (by location or causally behind something)"
      ],
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        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "irregular",
        "strong",
        "weak"
      ]
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "name": "Middle High German verbs using hān as auxiliary",
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        "strong",
        "weak"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃtɛkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃtɛkən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃtɛkŋ]"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/De-stecken.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stecken"
}

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    "German lemmas",
    "German strong verbs",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
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      "word": "Steckling"
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        "perfect",
        "singular"
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "singular",
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        "singular"
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        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
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        "subjunctive-i"
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      "form": "werden stecken",
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        "future-i",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werdest stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werde stecken",
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        "singular",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wird stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde stecken",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
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        "subjunctive",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "würden stecken",
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        "future",
        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gesteckt haben werden",
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        "future-ii",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "werde gesteckt haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
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        "subjunctive-i"
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    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
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      "form": "werdest gesteckt haben",
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      "form": "werdet gesteckt haben",
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        "subjunctive-i"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werde gesteckt haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gesteckt haben",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gesteckt haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stecken<steckte:stak􂀿archaic􂁀,gesteckt,steckte:stäke􂀿archaic􂁀>"
      },
      "expansion": "stecken (weak or irregular strong, third-person singular present steckt, past tense steckte or (archaic) stak, past participle gesteckt, past subjunctive steckte or (archaic) stäke, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ste",
        "cken"
      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
        "stek",
        "ken"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stecken<steckte:stak􂀿archaic􂁀,gesteckt,steckte:stäke􂀿archaic􂁀>"
      },
      "name": "de-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "abstecken"
    },
    {
      "word": "hochstecken"
    },
    {
      "word": "in der Zwickmühle stecken"
    },
    {
      "word": "stechen"
    },
    {
      "word": "unter einer Decke stecken"
    },
    {
      "word": "wegstecken"
    },
    {
      "word": "zurückstecken"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Forms linking to themselves",
        "German causative verbs",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German transitive verbs",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              265,
              273
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 October 22, “Drei Raubzüge binnen fünf Tagen in Bielefeld und Hiddenhausen. Polizei fasst Tankstellenräuber.”, in Westfalen-Blatt, number 246, published 23 October 2025, page BF07:",
          "text": "Wie Polizeisprecher Fabian Rickel berichtet, wurde der unter anderem wegen Ladendiebstählen und Drogendelikten polizeibekannte 22-jährige Bielefelder zwei Tage nach dem letzten Tankstellenüberfall in der Bielefelder Innenstadt festgenommen und in Untersuchungshaft gesteckt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to put; to insert; to pin",
          "word": "stecken when intransitive"
        },
        {
          "extra": "to put; to insert; to pin",
          "word": "to stick"
        }
      ],
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        "causative of stecken when intransitive, to stick; to put; to insert; to pin"
      ],
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          "stecken",
          "stecken#German"
        ],
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          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ],
        [
          "put",
          "put"
        ],
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          "insert",
          "insert"
        ],
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          "pin",
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      ],
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        "(transitive), causative of stecken when intransitive, to stick; to put; to insert; to pin"
      ],
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        "causative",
        "form-of",
        "irregular",
        "strong",
        "transitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German intransitive verbs",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
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        {
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              10,
              16
            ]
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            [
              11,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The cat is stuck in the tree.",
          "text": "Die Katze steckt im Baum.",
          "translation": "The cat is stuck in the tree.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to be in trouble",
          "literal_meaning": "to be stuck in difficulty",
          "text": "in Schwierigkeiten stecken",
          "translation": "to be in trouble",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              183,
              189
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Man Without Qualities",
          "ref": "1930–1943, Robert Musil, “Der Ausschuß zur Fassung eines leitenden Beschlusses in bezug auf das Siebzigjährige Regierungsjubiläum Sr. Majestät beginnt zu tagen.”, in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften [The Man Without Qualities], book 1, Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, published 1957:",
          "text": "Unzählige Erinnerungen an Erlebnisse, Myriaden einander kreuzender Schwingungen des Geistes waren in diesen Köpfen versammelt, die wie die Nadeln eines Teppichwirkers in einem Gewebe staken, das sich rings um sie, vor ihnen und nach ihnen ohne Naht und Rand ausbreitete, und sie wirkten an irgendeiner Stelle ein Muster, das sich ähnlich anderswo wiederholte und doch ein wenig verschieden war.",
          "translation": "The Man Without Qualities",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stick; to be stuck"
      ],
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        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to stick; to be stuck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "irregular",
        "strong",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German informal terms",
        "German intransitive verbs",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He didn’t know where his cat is again.",
          "text": "Er wusste nicht, wo seine Katze wieder steckt.",
          "translation": "He didn’t know where his cat is again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              75,
              81
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              55
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Only his parents and two good friends know he is hiding behind the site.",
          "text": "Nur seine Eltern und zwei gute Freunde wissen, dass er hinter dem Auftritt steckt.",
          "translation": "Only his parents and two good friends know he is hiding behind the site.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              9,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Cartels are behind the high prices in matresses.",
          "text": "Kartelle stecken hinter den hohen Preisen bei Matratzen.",
          "translation": "Cartels are behind the high prices in matresses.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be hiding (by location or causally behind something)"
      ],
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        [
          "hiding",
          "hide"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) to be hiding (by location or causally behind something)"
      ],
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        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "irregular",
        "strong",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German ditransitive verbs",
        "German informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to inform privily, to intimate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inform",
          "inform"
        ],
        [
          "privily",
          "privy"
        ],
        [
          "intimate",
          "intimate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ditransitive, informal) to inform privily, to intimate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zustecken"
        },
        {
          "word": "mitteilen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ditransitive",
        "informal",
        "irregular",
        "strong",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃtɛkən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃtɛkən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃtɛkŋ]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "stecken"
}

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