sträuben
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German strūben, from Old High German strūbēn / strūben, from Proto-West Germanic *strūbijan. Related to struwwelig and struppig; outside of Germanic, compare perhaps Ancient Greek στρυφνός (struphnós, “sour, harsh”), Lithuanian strùbas (“cut short, curtailed”), and Russian струп (strup, “scab”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sträuben (weak, third-person singular present sträubt, past tense sträubte, past participle gesträubt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, hair or fur) to bristle up, to stand on end
- Seine Haare sträubten sich vor Angst.
- His hair bristled out of fear.
- (reflexive) to be reluctant; to resist [with gegen (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]
- Er sträubt sich jedes mal, wenn wir ihn waschen wollen.
- He resists every time we want to wash him.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | sträuben | ||||
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present participle | sträubend | ||||
past participle | gesträubt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sträube | wir sträuben | i | ich sträube | wir sträuben |
du sträubst | ihr sträubt | du sträubest | ihr sträubet | ||
er sträubt | sie sträuben | er sträube | sie sträuben | ||
preterite | ich sträubte | wir sträubten | ii | ich sträubte1 | wir sträubten1 |
du sträubtest | ihr sträubtet | du sträubtest1 | ihr sträubtet1 | ||
er sträubte | sie sträubten | er sträubte1 | sie sträubten1 | ||
imperative | sträub (du) sträube (du) |
sträubt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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