stempeln

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Stempel +‎ -en.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

stempeln (weak, third-person singular present stempelt, past tense stempelte, past participle gestempelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to stamp
  2. to postmark
  3. (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)

Usage notes[edit]

  • "stempeln" or "stempeln gehen" (to go stamp) also may mean to have no job and to get help from the state (so called "Stempelgeld" = "Arbeitslosengeld") for unemployed people.

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Further reading[edit]

  • stempeln” in Duden online
  • stempeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache