stehlen
B1to steal
- English meaning
- to steal
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stehlen in a sentence
Gestern hat mir jemand im Zug meine Uhr gestohlen.
Yesterday someone stole my watch on the train.
Conjugation of stehlen
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- stahl
- Perfect
- hat gestohlen
Where stehlen comes from
altes gemeingermanisches Wort, vgl. gotisch stilan, altnordisch stela, altenglisch stelan, althochdeutsch stelan, mittelhochdeutsch stel(e)n
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Questions about stehlen
How do you conjugate stehlen?
Present tense: ich stehle, du stiehlst, er stiehlt, wir stehlen, ihr stehlt, sie stehlen. Simple past: stahl. Perfect: hat gestohlen.
What does stehlen mean in English?
stehlen means "to steal". For example: "Gestern hat mir jemand im Zug meine Uhr gestohlen." — "Yesterday someone stole my watch on the train."
What level is stehlen in German?
stehlen is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the crime & police vocabulary.
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