stoppen meaning and definition in german

Verb

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third-person singular simple present stoppt, past tense stoppte, past participle gestoppt, auxiliary haben

1. standard, or, intransitive to stop Wir müssen diese Entwicklung stoppen. – We must stop this development. Das Auto hat vor der Kreuzung gestoppt. – The car stopped at the crossroads.
2. colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany Alternative form of stopfen ‎(“to stuff, to plug”) Musste dein Zeug da so unvorsichtig reinstoppen? D'you need to stuff your things in there so carelessly?