stiften.
to found, to create (an organization or award, especially with a focus on financing)
Meaning & usage
to found, to create (an organization or award, especially with a focus on financing)
to sponsor, to fund (the construction or creation of something)
einen Lehrstuhl stiften
to donate (some amount of money or supplies to a cause)
to cause, to spread, to bring about (a reaction or sentiment, especially among a group of people)
Verwirrung stiften
Identität stiften
Where this word comes from
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. Compare typologically Russian утверди́ть (utverdítʹ) (akin to твёрдый (tvjórdyj)).
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