stempeln
See also: Stempeln
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
stempeln (weak, third-person singular present stempelt, past tense stempelte, past participle gestempelt, auxiliary haben)
- to stamp
- to postmark
- (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)
Usage notes
- "stempeln" or "stempeln gehen" (to go stamp) also may mean to have no job and to get help from the state (so called "Stempelgeld" = "Arbeitslosengeld") for unemployed people.
Conjugation
Conjugation of stempeln (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | stempeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | stempelnd | ||||
| past participle | gestempelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich stemple ich stempele ich stempel |
wir stempeln | i | ich stempele ich stemple |
wir stempeln |
| du stempelst | ihr stempelt | du stempelest du stemplest |
ihr stempelet ihr stemplet | ||
| er stempelt | sie stempeln | er stempele er stemple |
sie stempeln | ||
| preterite | ich stempelte | wir stempelten | ii | ich stempelte1 | wir stempelten1 |
| du stempeltest | ihr stempeltet | du stempeltest1 | ihr stempeltet1 | ||
| er stempelte | sie stempelten | er stempelte1 | sie stempelten1 | ||
| imperative | stemple (du) stempel (du) stempele (du) |
stempelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of stempeln (weak, auxiliary haben)