stechen

B1 Verb frequency rank #5,205

What stechen means

Verb

to sting; to bite; to prick
to stab, to stick (someone or something); to poke
to cut; to chop
to be sharp, to stick out

Forms

stechen · sticht · stach · hat gestochen (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

stechen in a sentence

Eine Mücke hat mich in den Arm gestochen.

A mosquito stung me on the arm.

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stechen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #5,205 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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