שטעקן

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛkn̩/

From Middle High German stecke, from Old High German stecko. Cognate to German Stecken.

⁧שטעקן⁩ • (shtekn) m, plural ⁧שטעקנס⁩ (shtekns) or ⁧שטעקענעס⁩ (shtekenes), diminutive ⁧שטעקל⁩ (shtekl) or ⁧שטעקעלע⁩ (shtekele)

1. stick (twig or small branch)

   Synonyms: ⁧דראָנג⁩ (drong), ⁧שטעקל⁩ (shtekl), ⁧דרענגל⁩ (drengl)

2. walking cane

   Synonyms: ⁧שטאָק⁩ (shtok), ⁧שפּאַציר־שטעקן⁩ (shpatsir-shtekn), ⁧וואַנדער־שטעקן⁩ (vander-shtekn)

3. club (stick)

   Synonyms: ⁧פֿלאָקן⁩ (flokn), ⁧פּאַלקע⁩ (palke), ⁧גניטל⁩ (gnitl), ⁧בולאַווע⁩ (bulave)

4. staff (rod)

• ⁧בעזעם־שטעקן⁩ (bezem-shtekn, “broomstick”)
• ⁧האָקישטעקן⁩ (hokishtekn), ⁧האָקיישטעקן⁩ (hokeyshtekn)
• ⁧שטעקן מיט צװײ עקן⁩ (shtekn mit tsvey ekn, “double-edged sword”)
• ⁧וואַנדער־שטעקן⁩ (vander-shtekn)

From Middle High German stecken, from Old High German steckōn. Compare German stecken. Doublet of ⁧שטעכן⁩ (shtekhn).

⁧שטעקן⁩ • (shtekn) (past participle ⁧געשטעקט⁩ (geshtekt))

1. to place
2. to stick
3. (with ⁧אין⁩ (in)) to involve
4. (with ⁧בלײַבן⁩ (blaybn)) to lodge, to get stuck
5. (with ⁧בלײַבן⁩ (blaybn), figurative) to reach an impasse
6. (with ⁧געבליבן⁩ (geblibn)) to become stranded
7. (reflexive) to meddle

• ⁧אויפֿשטעקן⁩ (oyfshtekn, “to erect; to establish; (of a blister) to puncture; to place”)
• ⁧אונטערשטעקן⁩ (untershtekn, “bind, tuck in”)
• ⁧אַרויסשטעקן⁩ (aroysshtekn, “to jut out, to project (extend), to protrude, to be visible, to stick out”)
• ⁧אַרײַנשטעקן⁩ (araynshtekn, “(with ⁧די נאָז⁩ (di noz)) to interfere, to be nosy; (with ⁧אין קעשענע⁩ (in keshene)) to pocket; (with ⁧די שװערד אינעם שײד⁩ (di shverd inem sheyd) to sheathe; with ⁧דאָס העמד⁩ (dos hemd)) to tuck in one's shirt”)
• ⁧אַרויפֿשטעקן⁩ (aroyfshtekn)
• ⁧אַרומשטעקן⁩ (arumshtekn)
• ⁧אַוועקשטעקן⁩ (avekshtekn)
• ⁧אָנשטעקן⁩ (onshtekn, “to infect; (reflexive) to catch a disease”)
• ⁧אָפּשטעקן⁩ (opshtekn, “to unplug; (with ⁧שלום־עליכם⁩ (sholem-aleykhem)) to shake hands with sb.; (with ⁧אַ וויזיט⁩ (a vizit)) to visit”)
• ⁧באַשטעקן⁩ (bashtekn, “to place”)
• ⁧בלײַבן שטעקן אין אַ בלאָטע⁩ (blaybn shtekn in a blote, “to run aground”)
• ⁧דורכשטעקן⁩ (durkhshtekn)
• ⁧פֿאַרשטעקן⁩ (farshtekn, “to cache; to conceal; to consign; to relegate; to hide; to lodge; to plug (up); to stash; to stuff; (with ⁧אויפֿן ברעג⁩ (oyfn breg)) to beach; (reflexive) to hole up; (with ⁧אין גאַרטל⁩ (in gartl) or ⁧אין אַרבל⁩ (in arbl)) to outdo, to outshine, to surpass, to run circles around sb.; (with ⁧אַ קאָרט אין אַרבל⁩ (a kort in arbl)) to palm a card; (with ⁧דעם צאַפּן⁩ (dem tsapn)) to plead the fifth; to clog up”), ⁧פֿאַרשטעקל⁩ (farshtekl, “plug, stopgap, stopper”)
• ⁧פֿאָרויסשטעקן⁩ (foroysshtekn)
• ⁧צוריקשטעקן⁩ (tsurikshtekn)
• ⁧צעשטעקן⁩ (tseshtekn, “to place far away; to invest money”)

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “שטעקן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press