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stocken.

to stop, to attain stagnation or cease to proceed

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈʃtɔkn̩][ˈʃtɔkŋ̍]
  1. to stop, to attain stagnation or cease to proceed

    weak
  2. to stagnate, to have no progress

    weak
  3. to become consolidated as to have little fluidity

    weak
  4. to take damp damage

    weak
  5. to stand, to be rowed

    jargon · weak
  6. to work by hammer

    weak
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Germanic *stukkōną (“to stop, stick”). Though a surface analysis as Stock (“stick, broken-off twig”) + -en (“infinitive suffix”), as suggested by Pfeiffer, is not exactly correct, said analysis does trace back to the same root as *stukkōną.

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