stiften

stiften

1. definite singular of stift

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stiften

1. to draw or apply colour using a stift
2. to chip (in football)

stiften

1. plural of stift

From Middle High German stiften, from Old High German stiften, from Proto-West Germanic *stiftijan, from Proto-Germanic *stiftijaną. See also steif (“stiff, rigid”) and Stift (“pin; pencil”), both likely from the same root.^[1]

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stiften (weak, third-person singular present stiftet, past tense stiftete, past participle gestiftet, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

1. to found, to create (an organization or award, especially with a focus on financing)

   Synonyms: gründen, ins Leben rufen

2. to sponsor, to fund (the construction or creation of something)

   einen Lehrstuhl stiften ― to sponsor a professorship

3. to donate (some amount of money or supplies to a cause)

   Synonym: spenden

4. to cause, to spread, to bring about (a reaction or sentiment, especially among a group of people)

   Verwirrung stiften ― to cause confusion

   Identität stiften ― to engender a sense of (shared) identity

   einen Brand stiften ― to commit arson (lit. to cause a fire)

   • 2013 February 16, Martina Jammers, “Kultur: Lichtkreis und Schattenspiel”, in Der Tagesspiegel‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 June 2025:

     Wesentliches Stilmittel ist die Besinnung auf die etymologischen Wurzeln der „Photographie“, elementar sein virtuoses Wechselspiel aus Schärfe und Verschwommenheit, das kalkuliert ist und dennoch Atmosphäre stiftet.

     An important stylistic device being used is a return to the etymological roots of "photography", his virtuous interplay of sharpness and blurriness is foundatiomal, calculated and yet creating an atmosphere.

• Stiftung
• anstiften

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stiften m

1. definite singular of stift

stiften m

1. definite singular of stift

stiften

1. definite plural of stift