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stauchen.

to compress (with deformation)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈʃtaʊ̯xn̩]
  1. to compress (with deformation)

    weak
  2. to upset; to perform a forming operation that increases a workpiece's diameter by decreasing its length.

    weak
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle High German stūchen (“to cup, bleed”), from Middle High German stūche (“cupping glass”). Alternatively, perhaps from Middle Low German stûken (“to push, compress, arrange flax in small bundles for drying”), from Middle Low German stûke (“bundle of flax set up to dry, bunch of grain”).

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