stolpern
German, verb[ˈʃtɔlpɐn]
stolpern is spelled S-T-O-L-P-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stolpern is a German verb meaning “to stumble, to trip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(beinahe) stürzen, (beinahe) hinfallen, straucheln”.
What does stolpern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stumble, to trip
über etwas stolpern
- 2
colloquialto stumble across
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (beinahe) stürzen, (beinahe) hinfallen, straucheln 2. unsicheren Schrittes gehen 3. über eine Bemerkung aufmerksam werden 4. an etwas scheitern
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 stolpern
- stolpert present singular third-person
- stolperte past
- gestolpert participle past
- sein auxiliary
- stolpernd participle present
- stolpre first-person indicative present
- stolpere first-person indicative present
- stolper first-person indicative present
- stolperst indicative present second-person
- stolperest second-person singular subjunctive
- stolprest second-person singular subjunctive
- stolperet plural second-person subjunctive
- stolpret plural second-person subjunctive
- stolperten first-person indicative plural
- stolpertest indicative preterite second-person
- stolpertet indicative plural preterite
- stolpere! imperative singular
- stolper! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stolpern?
- [ˈʃtɔlpɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stolpern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stolpern in German?
stolpern appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).