sticken
See also: Sticken
English
editVerb
editsticken
- (obsolete, rare) past participle of stick
- 1567, Matthew Parker, Sir Richard Morison, John Ponet, A defence of prieſtes mariages ſtablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande […] [1], London: Richarde Iugge, page 98:
- Where the decrées be very moueable, in that thei be written and grauen in the cheſte of the breaſt of the lorde Pope, that he may interpret theim whiche waie he will, and that muſt be law to be ſticken to, what ſoeuer it be.
- 1592, Thomas à Kempis, chapter 9, in Thomas Rogers, transl., Soliloquium animæ: the ſole-talke of the ſoule […] [2], London: Andrew Maunſell, page 62:
- Oah, how greatlie haue I ſinned euen in this, that I haue not ſticken to thee alone, neglecting all things elſe!.
- 1637, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The pſalmes of DAVID”, in The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments: […], London: […] Thomas Buck, and Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC, column 2:
- 7 I have ſticken [KJV ſtucke] unto thy teſtimonies: O Lord confound me not. / 8 I will run the way of thy commandments: when thou haſt ſet my heart at libertie.
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editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German sticken, from Old High German sticken, perhaps related to Stich (“prick, stab”) or stecken (“to stick, pin, insert”).
Verb
editsticken (weak, third-person singular present stickt, past tense stickte, past participle gestickt, auxiliary haben)
- to embroider
Conjugation
editinfinitive | sticken | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | stickend | ||||
past participle | gestickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sticke | wir sticken | i | ich sticke | wir sticken |
du stickst | ihr stickt | du stickest | ihr sticket | ||
er stickt | sie sticken | er sticke | sie sticken | ||
preterite | ich stickte | wir stickten | ii | ich stickte1 | wir stickten1 |
du sticktest | ihr sticktet | du sticktest1 | ihr sticktet1 | ||
er stickte | sie stickten | er stickte1 | sie stickten1 | ||
imperative | stick (du) sticke (du) |
stickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle High German erstecken, equivalent to modern er- + stecken (“to pin, stick in”).
Verb
editsticken (weak, third-person singular present stickt, past tense stickte, past participle gestickt, auxiliary sein)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | sticken | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | stickend | ||||
past participle | gestickt | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sticke | wir sticken | i | ich sticke | wir sticken |
du stickst | ihr stickt | du stickest | ihr sticket | ||
er stickt | sie sticken | er sticke | sie sticken | ||
preterite | ich stickte | wir stickten | ii | ich stickte1 | wir stickten1 |
du sticktest | ihr sticktet | du sticktest1 | ihr sticktet1 | ||
er stickte | sie stickten | er stickte1 | sie stickten1 | ||
imperative | stick (du) sticke (du) |
stickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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