staksen
German, verb/ˈʃtaːksən/
staksen is spelled S-T-A-K-S-E-N (7 letters). Staksen is a German verb meaning “to walk in a stiff and inept way, especially with long legs and small steps (e.g. like a flamingo, or a woman on stilettos)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unbeholfen auf steifen Beinen fortbewegen”.
What does staksen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to walk in a stiff and inept way, especially with long legs and small steps (e.g. like a flamingo, or a woman on stilettos)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unbeholfen auf steifen Beinen fortbewegen
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 staksen
- stakst present singular third-person
- stakste past
- gestakst participle past
- sein auxiliary
- staksend participle present
- stakse first-person indicative present
- staksest second-person singular subjunctive
- stakset plural second-person subjunctive
- staksten first-person indicative plural
- stakstest indicative preterite second-person
- stakstet indicative plural preterite
- staks imperative second-person singular
- bin gestakst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind gestakst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- staks! imperative singular
- staktse! imperative singular
- stakst! imperative plural
- gestakst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce staksen?
- /ˈʃtaːksən/
- [ˈʃtaːksn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.