stossen
German, verb
stossen is spelled S-T-O-S-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stossen is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of stoßen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Stossen is a different word: “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Stoßen”.
What does stossen mean in English?
verb
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of stoßen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of stossen
- 2
SwitzerlandneuterSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Stoßen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of stossen
- stösst present singular third-person
- stiess past
- gestossen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- stossend participle present
- stosse first-person indicative present
- stosst indicative plural present
- stossest second-person singular subjunctive
- stosset plural second-person subjunctive
- stiessen first-person indicative plural
- stiesse first-person formal rare
- stiessest indicative preterite second-person
- stiesst indicative preterite second-person
- stiesset formal plural rare
- stoss imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is stossen in German?
stossen appears 13 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).