stürmen

See also: sturmen and Stürmen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German sturmen, from Proto-Germanic *sturmijaną. Equivalent to Sturm +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃtʏrmən/, [ˈʃtʏʁ.mən], [ˈʃtʏɐ̯-], [-mn̩], [-mm̩]
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Hyphenation: stür‧men

Verb

stürmen (weak, third-person singular present stürmt, past tense stürmte, past participle gestürmt, auxiliary haben or sein)

(meteorology, intransitive, often impersonal) to storm, be blustery [auxiliary haben]
Es stürmt. ― It’s storming.

Draußen stürmt ein Orkan. ― There’s a hurricane blustering outside.
(intransitive) to rush, charge [auxiliary sein]
Er ist wütend nach draußen gestürmt.
He rushed outside in a rage.
(sports, intransitive) to attack, play as forward [auxiliary haben]
Sie haben viel gestürmt, aber wenig echte Chancen herausgespielt.
They attacked a lot, but created few real chances.

Er hat jahrelang für Österreich gestürmt.
He played as a forward for Austria for several years.
(military, usually transitive) to storm, assault, to conduct a violent, often frontal attack [auxiliary haben]
Infanterieeinheiten stürmen derzeit das Dorf.
Infantry units are currently storming the village.

Jetzt schon zu stürmen, würde zu hohen Verlusten führen.
Storming already at this point would lead to high losses.
(figurative, transitive) to crowd, flock to [auxiliary haben]
Binnen Minuten stürmten Tausende Fans die Ticketschalter.
Within minutes thousands of fans were crowding the ticket counters. (Does not imply riots as English “to storm” usually would in this context.)

Conjugation

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