Translation
to steal
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Word origin
From German stehlen, 'to steal', the same Germanic root as the English word. The initial ŝt cluster is a fingerprint of the German source.
- Origin
- German
- Root
- stehlen
- English cognates
- steal, stealth
Examples
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Someone stole my money.
, .
He stole bread because he was hungry.
!
Do not steal!
The thing stolen is the object and the victim gets a preposition: , not the English pattern of robbing the person. A thief is o, the -- suffix drily treating theft as a profession. Ŝtele works as an adverb for doing anything stealthily.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 1: ŝteli, problemo, studi and 4 more words.