German-English translation for "stöbern"

"stöbern" English translation

stöbern
[ˈʃtøːbərn]intransitives Verb | intransitive verb v/i <h>

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hunt, search do one’s spring-cleaning blow about rummage , root around poke around look around, have a look
  • rummage (aboutoder | or od around)
    stöbern kramen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    root around (oder | orod about) (inDativ | dative (case) dat in nach for)
    stöbern kramen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    stöbern kramen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
examples
  • ich habe in allen Schubläden nach dem Brief gestöbert
    I rummaged through all the drawers looking for the letter
    ich habe in allen Schubläden nach dem Brief gestöbert
  • hunt, search (inDativ | dative (case) dat in nach for)
    stöbern suchen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    stöbern suchen umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
examples
  • in den Akten stöbern
    to search through the files
    in den Akten stöbern
  • in alten Büchern nach Hinweisen stöbern
    to search for references in old books, to look through old books for references
    in alten Büchern nach Hinweisen stöbern
  • poke around (oder | orod about) (inDativ | dative (case) dat in)
    stöbern schnüffeln umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    stöbern schnüffeln umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
  • look (a)round, have a look ([a]round)
    stöbern in Geschäften etc
    stöbern in Geschäften etc
examples
examples
  • in einem Buch [einer Zeitung] stöbern
    to flick through a book [newspaper]
    in einem Buch [einer Zeitung] stöbern
  • do one’s spring-cleaning
    stöbern gründlich sauber machen besonders süddeutsch | South Germansüdd
    stöbern gründlich sauber machen besonders süddeutsch | South Germansüdd
  • blow about
    stöbern von Schneeflocken
    stöbern von Schneeflocken
stöbern
[ˈʃtøːbərn]transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t

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spring-clean start, rouse, bolt, put up
  • spring-clean
    stöbern Haus, Zimmer besonders süddeutsch | South Germansüdd
    stöbern Haus, Zimmer besonders süddeutsch | South Germansüdd
  • start, rouse, bolt, put (etwas | somethingsth) up
    stöbern Jagd | huntingJAGD Wild etc
    stöbern Jagd | huntingJAGD Wild etc
stöbern
[ˈʃtøːbərn]unpersönliches Verb | impersonal verb v/unpers

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the snow is blowing about
examples
And I initially ended up in the business section of the bookstore looking for a business solution.
Zuerst stöberte ich im Wirtschaftsbereich umher, um eine Geschäftslösung zu finden.
Source: TED
And you can download these things, and look around them in new and different ways.
Man kann Sachen downloaden und auf eine neue Art in ihnen stöbern.
Source: TED
Search the archives for footage sent in to One Day on Earth
Nach eingesandten Videos in Archiven stöbern
Source: GlobalVoices
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