stinga

See also: stingā

Bavarian

Alternative forms

stinkn (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, South Central Bavarian, Vienna)

Etymology

From Middle High German stinken, from Old High German stinkan, stincan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”), *stegʷ- (“to thrust, strike”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃd̥iŋɡɐ/
Hyphenation: stin‧ga

Verb

stinga (past participle gstunkn) (West Central Bavarian)

to stink

Conjugation

Conjugation of *stinga*
	present	past	subjunctive
infinitive	stinga
past participle	gstunkn

1st person singular	stink	—	stingad
2nd person singular	stinkst	—	stingadst
3rd person singular	stinkt	—	stingad
1st person plural	stinga	—	stingadn
2nd person plural	stinkts	—	stingats
3rd person plural	stinga	—	stingadn

	imperative
singular	stink
plural	stinkts

Related terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Swedish stinga, English sting.

Verb

stinga (third person singular past indicative stakk, third person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

to sting

Conjugation

Conjugation of *stinga* (group v-46)
	present	past
infinitive	stinga
supine	stungið

first singular	stingi	stakk
second singular	stingur	stakst
third singular	stingur	stakk
plural	stinga	stungu

participle (a26)¹	stingandi	stungin

	imperative
singular	stikk!
plural	stingið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Faroese and Swedish stinga, English sting.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈstiŋka]
Rhymes: -iŋka

Verb

stinga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stakk, third-person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

to stab, to sting, to prick [intransitive or with accusative]
to wound, to hurt [intransitive or with accusative]
Synonym: særa
to prick with something, to stab with something [with dative]
Hann stakk hnífnum í borðið. ― He stuck the knife in the table.
to slip something, to put something [with dative]
Prinsessan stakk einhverju í vasa bóndans.
The princess slipped something into the farmer's pocket.

Hún hætti lestri og stakk skruddunni í hilluna.
She stopped reading and put the old book into the shelf.
(impersonal) to strike someone
Það stakk mig. ― It struck me.

Conjugation

*stinga* – active voice (*germynd*)
	present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur	að stinga
supine sagnbót	stungið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar	stingandi

	indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	sting	stakk	stingi	styngi
þú	stingur	stakkst	stingir	styngir
hann, hún, það	stingur	stakk	stingi	styngi
plural	við	stingum	stungum	stingum	styngjum
þið	stingið	stunguð	stingið	styngjuð
þeir, þær, þau	stinga	stungu	stingi	styngju

	imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sting (þú), stingdu
plural	þið	stingið (þið), stingiði¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

*stingast* – mediopassive voice (*miðmynd*)
	present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur	að stingast
supine sagnbót	stungist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar	stingandist (rare; see appendix)

	indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	stingst	stakkst	stingist	styngist
þú	stingst	stakkst	stingist	styngist
hann, hún, það	stingst	stakkst	stingist	styngist
plural	við	stingumst	stungumst	stingumst	styngjumst
þið	stingist	stungust	stingist	styngjust
þeir, þær, þau	stingast	stungust	stingist	styngjust

	imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	stingst (þú), stingstu
plural	þið	stingist (þið), stingisti¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

*stunginn* — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)	plural (fleirtala)
masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stunginn	stungin	stungið	stungnir	stungnar	stungin
accusative (þolfall)	stunginn	stungna	stungið	stungna	stungnar	stungin
dative (þágufall)	stungnum	stunginni	stungnu	stungnum	stungnum	stungnum
genitive (eignarfall)	stungins	stunginnar	stungins	stunginna	stunginna	stunginna

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)	plural (fleirtala)
masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stungni	stungna	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
accusative (þolfall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
dative (þágufall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu
genitive (eignarfall)	stungna	stungnu	stungna	stungnu	stungnu	stungnu

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

stinga

inflection of stingere:
1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

stagni

Latvian

Adjective

stinga

inflection of stings:
1. genitive masculine singular
2. nominative feminine singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

stingene

Noun

stinga n

definite plural of sting

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stinga n

definite plural of sting

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stinga, from Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Faroese stinga, English sting.

Verb

stinga (present stinger, supine stungit, imperative sting)

to sting, to pierce

Usage notes

The past tense singular "stang" is "very rare" according to SAOL (6th ed.), replaced by "stack" in SAOL (8th ed., the past tense of sticka), although the past tense plural is stungo, and "missing" in SAOL (13th ed.).

Conjugation

Conjugation of *stinga* (class 3 strong)
	active	passive
infinitive	stinga	stingas
supine	stungit	stungits
imperative	sting	—
imper. plural¹	stingen	—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	stinger	stang	stings, stinges	stangs
ind. plural¹	stinga	stungo	stingas	stungos
subjunctive²	stinge	stunge	stinges	stunges

present participle	stingande
past participle	stungen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

sticka

References

Stinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
stinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
“stinga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
stinga in Otto Hoppe, Carl Auerbach, Schwedisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Svensk-tysk ordbok (1919)

Anagrams

gnista