davonstehlen
German, verb[daˈfɔnˌʃteːlən]
davonstehlen is spelled D-A-V-O-N-S-T-E-H-L-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Davonstehlen is a German verb meaning “to slip away, to skulk off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ort oder Gesellschaft möglichst unbemerkt verlassen”.
What does davonstehlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slip away, to skulk off
- 2
to abscond
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ort oder Gesellschaft möglichst unbemerkt verlassen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of davonstehlen
- stiehlt davon present singular third-person
- stahl davon past
- davongestohlen participle past
- stähle davon past subjunctive
- stöhle davon past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- davonstehlend participle present
- davonzustehlen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stehle davon first-person indicative present
- stehlen davon first-person indicative plural
- stiehlst davon indicative present second-person
- stehlt davon indicative plural present
- stehlest davon second-person singular subjunctive
- stehlet davon plural second-person subjunctive
- stahlen davon first-person indicative plural
- stählen davon first-person formal plural
- stöhlen davon first-person formal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce davonstehlen?
- [daˈfɔnˌʃteːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to davonstehlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is davonstehlen in German?
davonstehlen appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).