שטעקן
Yiddish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German stecke, from Old High German stecko. Cognate to German Stecken.
Noun
editשטעקן • (shtekn) m, plural שטעקנס (shtekns) or שטעקענעס (shtekenes), diminutive שטעקל (shtekl) or שטעקעלע (shtekele)
- stick (twig or small branch)
- walking cane
- Synonyms: שטאָק (shtok), שפּאַציר־שטעקן (shpatsir-shtekn), וואַנדער־שטעקן (vander-shtekn)
- club (stick)
- staff (rod)
Derived terms
edit- בעזעם־שטעקן (bezem-shtekn, “broomstick”)
- האָקישטעקן (hokishtekn), האָקיישטעקן (hokeyshtekn)
- שטעקן מיט צװײ עקן (shtekn mit tsvey ekn, “double-edged sword”)
- וואַנדער־שטעקן (vander-shtekn)
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle High German stecken, from Old High German steckōn. Compare German stecken. Doublet of שטעכן (shtekhn).
Verb
editשטעקן • (shtekn) (past participle געשטעקט (geshtekt))
- to place
- to stick
- (with אין (in)) to involve
- (with בלײַבן (blaybn)) to lodge, to get stuck
- (with בלײַבן (blaybn), figurative) to reach an impasse
- (with געבליבן (geblibn)) to become stranded
- (reflexive) to meddle
Conjugation
editConjugation of שטעקן
infinitive | שטעקן shtekn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | שטעקנדיק shtekndik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געשטעקט geshtekt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך שטעק ikh shtek |
מיר שטעקן mir shtekn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו שטעקסט du shtekst |
איר שטעקט ir shtekt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער שטעקט er shtekt |
זיי שטעקן zey shtekn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | שטעק (דו) shtek (du) |
שטעקט (איר) shtekt (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
edit- אויפֿשטעקן (oyfshtekn, “to erect; to establish; (of a blister) to puncture; to place”)
- אונטערשטעקן (untershtekn, “bind, tuck in”)
- אַרויסשטעקן (aroysshtekn, “to jut out, to project (extend), to protrude, to be visible, to stick out”)
- אַרײַנשטעקן (araynshtekn, “(with די נאָז (di noz)) to interfere, to be nosy; (with אין קעשענע (in keshene)) to pocket; (with די שװערד אינעם שײד (di shverd inem sheyd) to sheathe; with דאָס העמד (dos hemd)) to tuck in one's shirt”)
- אַרויפֿשטעקן (aroyfshtekn)
- אַרומשטעקן (arumshtekn)
- אַוועקשטעקן (avekshtekn)
- אָנשטעקן (onshtekn, “to infect; (reflexive) to catch a disease”)
- אָפּשטעקן (opshtekn, “to unplug; (with שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleykhem)) to shake hands with sb.; (with אַ וויזיט (a vizit)) to visit”)
- באַשטעקן (bashtekn, “to place”)
- בלײַבן שטעקן אין אַ בלאָטע (blaybn shtekn in a blote, “to run aground”)
- דורכשטעקן (durkhshtekn)
- פֿאַרשטעקן (farshtekn, “to cache; to conceal; to consign; to relegate; to hide; to lodge; to plug (up); to stash; to stuff; (with אויפֿן ברעג (oyfn breg)) to beach; (reflexive) to hole up; (with אין גאַרטל (in gartl) or אין אַרבל (in arbl)) to outdo, to outshine, to surpass, to run circles around sb.; (with אַ קאָרט אין אַרבל (a kort in arbl)) to palm a card; (with דעם צאַפּן (dem tsapn)) to plead the fifth; to clog up”), פֿאַרשטעקל (farshtekl, “plug, stopgap, stopper”)
- פֿאָרויסשטעקן (foroysshtekn)
- צוריקשטעקן (tsurikshtekn)
- צעשטעקן (tseshtekn, “to place far away; to invest money”)
References
edit- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “שטעקן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press
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