stotter

English

Alternative forms

  • stowter, stauter, stawter

Etymology

From Middle English stoteren (compare also participle Middle English staterand (staggering; tottering; stumbling)), a frequentative form of Middle English stoten (to stumble), related to Dutch stoten (to push; bump; butt; stumble against), German stoßen (to push; butt; knock; bump), Icelandic stauta (to struggle through; pound; grind), equivalent to stut + -er (frequentative suffix).

Verb

stotter (third-person singular simple present stotters, present participle stottering, simple past and past participle stottered)

  1. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To stagger; totter; stumble

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

stotter

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stotteren
  2. imperative of stotteren

German

Verb

stotter

  1. First-person singular present of stottern.
  2. Imperative singular of stottern.
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