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See also: Stempeln
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
stempeln (weak, third-person singular present stempelt, past tense stempelte, past participle gestempelt, auxiliary haben)
- to stamp
- to postmark
- (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
- "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.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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