starren

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtarən/, [ˈʃta.ʁən], [-ʁn̩], [-ʁɴ̩], [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)n]
  • Hyphenation: star‧ren
  • Homophones: stahn, Staren (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German staren, from Old High German starēn (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn (“to be fixed, be rigid”).

Verb

starren (weak, third-person singular present starrt, past tense starrte, past participle gestarrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, often with auf (“at”) + accusative, or with nach (“toward”), or with in (“into”) + accusative) to stare, to gaze
  2. (intransitive, with vor or von) to be full (of), covered (with)
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German starren, from Old High German storrēn (“to be stiff”), from Proto-Germanic *starjaną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), related to Etymology 1.

Verb

starren (weak, third-person singular present starrt, past tense starrte, past participle gestarrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to be covered, to teem (vor / von, with)
Conjugation

Further reading

  • “starren” in Duden online
  • “starren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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