stapfen
to trudge, stomp
- Past (Präteritum)
- stapfte
- Past participle
- gestapft (sein)
The verb expresses a heavy, clumsy, or determined manner of movement. Due to the motion component, it takes the auxiliary 'sein'. It is a weak verb, meaning it follows the regular conjugation pattern in the past tense and participle form. It often implies a show of anger or exhaustion in the subject's gait, as seen in the text where the protagonist walks in anger toward her neighbor's door. The verb is not separable as it is a base verb, though some compounds can be formed with prefixes that dictate their own separability. It should not be confused with 'stapeln' (to stack). Additional forms include 'er stapft' (third-person singular, present) and 'wir stapften' (first-person plural, preterite). Imperative: 'stapfe!' (second-person singular). Konjunktiv II: 'stapfte'. Common usage often features prepositions like 'in' or 'durch' to describe the path taken while trudging.
Conjugation
Present
- stapft
- present, singular, third-person
- stapfe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- stapfen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- stapfst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- stapf
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- stapfte
- past
- stapften
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- stapftest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- stapftet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- stapfe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- stapfen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- stapfest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- stapfet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- stapfte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- stapften
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- stapftest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- stapftet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gestapft
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gestapft
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gestapft
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gestapft
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gestapft
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gestapft
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gestapft
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gestapft
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde stapfen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden stapfen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest stapfen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet stapfen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde stapfen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden stapfen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest stapfen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet stapfen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gestapft haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gestapft haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gestapft haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gestapft haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gestapft haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gestapft haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- stapf
- imperative, second-person, singular
- stapfe
- imperative, second-person, singular
- stapft
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gestapft
- participle, past
- stapfend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- stapfen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gestapft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gestapft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gestapft
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gestapft
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gestapft
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gestapft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gestapft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gestapft
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gestapft
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- stapfen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde stapfen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden stapfen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst stapfen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet stapfen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird stapfen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gestapft haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gestapft haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gestapft haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gestapft haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gestapft haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gestapft haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- stappen
- alternative, colloquial
- Stapfen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
- Stapfer
- agent, form-of, masculine, strong