stupsen
German, verb[ˈʃtʊpsn̩]
stupsen is spelled S-T-U-P-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stupsen is a German verb meaning “to nudge, to prod” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden leicht anstoßen; mit dem Ellenbogen schubsen, um etwas zu signalisieren”.
What does stupsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto nudge, to prod
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden leicht anstoßen; mit dem Ellenbogen schubsen, um etwas zu signalisieren
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 stupsen
- stupst present singular third-person
- stupste past
- gestupst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- stupsend participle present
- stupse first-person indicative present
- stupsest second-person singular subjunctive
- stupset plural second-person subjunctive
- stupsten first-person indicative plural
- stupstest indicative preterite second-person
- stupstet indicative plural preterite
- stups imperative second-person singular
- habe gestupst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gestupst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- stupse! imperative singular
- stupst! imperative plural
- gestupst haben active infinitive perfect
- gestupst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stupsen?
- [ˈʃtʊpsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stupsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stupsen in German?
stupsen appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).