stumble

stumble
intransitive verb
1) stolpern (over über + Akk.)
2) (falter) stocken

stumble over something/through life — über etwas (Akk.) /durchs Leben stolpern

3)

stumble across or [up]on somebody/something — (find by chance) über jemanden stolpern (fig. ugs.) /auf etwas (Akk.) stoßen

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verb
1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) stolpern
2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) stolpern
3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) stottern
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- stumble across/on
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stum·ble
[ˈstʌmbl̩]
vi
1. (trip) stolpern, straucheln
to \stumble on sth über etw akk stolpern
2. (fig)
the judges noticed the violinist \stumble die Schiedsrichter bemerkten, dass die Violinistin einen Fehler machte
to \stumble from one mistake to another (fig) vom einen Fehler zum nächsten stolpern
to \stumble over the rhythm aus dem Rhythmus kommen
3. (stagger)
to \stumble about [or around] herumtappen
4. (falter when talking) stocken, holpern
to \stumble over sth über etw akk stolpern
the poet \stumbled over a line in the poem der Dichter stolperte über eine Zeile in dem Gedicht
5. (find)
to \stumble across [or [up]on] sb/sth über jdn/etw stolpern fam, [zufällig] auf jdn/etw stoßen
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['stʌmbl]
1. n
Stolpern nt no pl, no indef art; (in speech etc) Stocken nt no pl, no indef art
2. vi (lit, fig)
stolpern; (in speech) stocken

to stumble against sth — gegen etw stoßen

to stumble on sth (lit) — über etw (acc) stolpern; (fig) auf etw (acc) stoßen

he stumbled through a waltz/his speech — stockend or holperig spielte er einen Walzer/hielt er seine Rede

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stumble [ˈstʌmbl]
A v/i
1. auch fig stolpern, straucheln (beide:
at, over über akk):
stumble in(to) fig in eine Sache (hinein)stolpern oder (-)schlittern;
stumble on (oder across)
a) zufällig stoßen auf (akk),
b) jemandem zufällig über den Weg laufen
2. stolpern, taumeln, wanken
3. fig
a) einen Fehltritt tun, straucheln, sündigen
b) einen Fehler machen, stolpern
4. stottern, sich verhaspeln:
stumble through a speech eine Rede herunterstottern
5. sich stoßen, Anstoß nehmen (beide:
at an dat)
B s
1. Stolpern n, Straucheln n, fig auch Fehltritt m
2. Fehler m
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intransitive verb
1) stolpern (over über + Akk.)
2) (falter) stocken

stumble over something/through life — über etwas (Akk.) /durchs Leben stolpern

3)

stumble across or [up]on somebody/something — (find by chance) über jemanden stolpern (fig. ugs.) /auf etwas (Akk.) stoßen

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v.
stolpern v.

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