steal

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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *stelaną Proto-West Germanic *stelan Old English stelan Middle English stelen English steal Inherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną. Cognate with Bavarian stöhn (“to steal”), Dutch stelen (“to steal”), German and Low German stehlen (“to steal”), Luxembourgish stielen (“to steal”), Danish stjæle (“to steal”), Faroese stjala (“to steal”), Icelandic stela (“to steal”), Norwegian Bokmål stjele (“to steal”), Norwegian Nynorsk stela, stele (“to steal”), Swedish stjäla (“to steal”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan, “to steal”). For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”). etymology notes Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include * Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”) * Proto-Indo-European *stel(H)- (“to stretch”): compare Albanian pë/mbështjell (“to confuse, mess up, mix, wrap up”), Old Church Slavonic стєлѭ (steljǫ, “I spread out (bed, roof)”), Ancient Greek τηλία (tēlía, “playing table”) * Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”): compare Sanskrit त्सरति (tsárati, “creep, sneak up on”) and other forms under Pokorny 5. *sel- "schleichen, kriechen"

369 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: промоция (promocija) — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Bulgarian: кражба (kražba) — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Dutch: koopje — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Finnish: löytö — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• French: bonne affaire — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• German: Schnäppchen — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Hebrew: מציאה — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Italian: combinazione — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Japanese: 掘り出し物 (horidashimono) — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Norwegian: kupp — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Norwegian Bokmål: tyverikjøp — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Romanian: chilipir — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Spanish: a precio de saldo — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Turkish: kelepir — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Turkish: malaka — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Turkish: okazyon — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Yiddish: מציאה פֿון אַ גנבֿ (metsiye fun a ganef) — merchandise available at a very attractive price
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜竊 /盗窃 (dàoqiè) — the act of stealing
• Dutch: diefstal — the act of stealing
• Dutch: roof — the act of stealing
• Estonian: vargus — the act of stealing
• Estonian: varastamine — the act of stealing
• Finnish: varastaminen — the act of stealing
• Finnish: varkaus — the act of stealing
• French: vol — the act of stealing
• German: Diebstahl — the act of stealing
• German: Raub — the act of stealing
• Hebrew: גניבה — the act of stealing
• Italian: furto — the act of stealing
• Italian: ruberia — the act of stealing
• Japanese: 盗み (nusumi) — the act of stealing
• Polish: kradzież — the act of stealing
• Portuguese: roubo — the act of stealing
• Portuguese: furto — the act of stealing
• Romanian: furt — the act of stealing
• Romanian: furat — the act of stealing
• Romanian: furătură — the act of stealing
• Russian: кра́жа (kráža) — the act of stealing
• Scottish Gaelic: goid — the act of stealing
• Spanish: robo — the act of stealing
• Swedish: stöld — the act of stealing
• Telugu: దొంగతనం (doṅgatanaṁ) — the act of stealing
• Ottoman Turkish: خرسزلق (hırsızlık) — the act of stealing
• Catalan: robatori — a stolen base
• Italian: refurtiva — a stolen base
• Japanese: 盗塁 (tōrui) — a stolen base
• Afrikaans: steel — to illegally take possession of
• Aklanon: takaw — to illegally take possession of
• Albanian: vjedh — to illegally take possession of
• Northern Altai: оорлайарга (oorlayarga) — to illegally take possession of
• Southern Altai: уурдаар (uurdaar) — to illegally take possession of
• Andi: бекъашду (beqxʼašdu) — to illegally take possession of
• Chungli Ao: auya — to illegally take possession of
• Arabic: سَرَقَ (saraqa) — to illegally take possession of
• Arabic: سرق (saraʔ) — to illegally take possession of
• Arabic: باق (bag) — to illegally take possession of
• Arabic: سرق (sarag) — to illegally take possession of
• Arabic: نهب (nahab) — to illegally take possession of
• Armenian: գողանալ (goġanal) — to illegally take possession of
• Aromanian: fur — to illegally take possession of
• Assamese: চুৰ কৰ (sur kor) — to illegally take possession of
• Asturian: robar — to illegally take possession of
• Avar: бикъизе (biqxʼize) — to illegally take possession of
• Azerbaijani: oğurlamaq — to illegally take possession of
• Bangi: yiba — to illegally take possession of
• Bashkir: урлау (urlaw) — to illegally take possession of
• Bashkir: урҙау (urlaw) — to illegally take possession of
• Basque: lapurtu — to illegally take possession of
• Basque: ebatsi — to illegally take possession of
• Belarusian: кра́сці (krásci) — to illegally take possession of
• Belarusian: скра́сці (skrásci) — to illegally take possession of
• Bengali: চুরি করা (curi kora) — to illegally take possession of
• Big Nambas: iv'ənah — to illegally take possession of
• Borôro: iwogu — to illegally take possession of
• Bulgarian: крада́ (kradá) — to illegally take possession of
• Burmese: ခိုး (hkui:) — to illegally take possession of
• Burmese: ဗုန်း (bun:) — to illegally take possession of
• Catalan: robar — to illegally take possession of
• Chichewa: kubá — to illegally take possession of
• Chickasaw: honkopa — to illegally take possession of
• Chickasaw: i̠honkopa — to illegally take possession of
• Chickasaw: aahonkopa — to illegally take possession of
• Chickasaw: imaahonkopa — to illegally take possession of
• Chinese Cantonese: 偷 (tau1) — to illegally take possession of
• Chinese Cantonese: 盜 /盗 (dou6) — to illegally take possession of
• Chinese Cantonese: 偷嘢 (tau1 je5) — to illegally take possession of
• Chinese Cantonese: 盜竊 /盗窃 (dou6 sit3) — to illegally take possession of
• Chinese Mandarin: 偷 (tōu) — to illegally take possession of
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜 /盗 (dào) — to illegally take possession of
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜竊 /盗窃 (dàoqiè) — to illegally take possession of
• Chuvash: вӑрла (vărla) — to illegally take possession of
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhiɓa — to illegally take possession of
• Cornish: ladra — to illegally take possession of
• Czech: krást — to illegally take possession of
• Czech: ukrást — to illegally take possession of
• Danish: stjæle — to illegally take possession of
• Dutch: stelen — to illegally take possession of
• Dutch: ontvreemden — to illegally take possession of
• Dutch: jatten — to illegally take possession of
• Dutch: gappen — to illegally take possession of
• Egyptian: i-TA-A-D51:D40 (jṯꜣ) — to illegally take possession of
• Esperanto: ŝteli — to illegally take possession of
• Estonian: varastama — to illegally take possession of
• Faroese: stjala — to illegally take possession of
• Faroese: skáka — to illegally take possession of
• Finnish: varastaa — to illegally take possession of
• Finnish: ryövätä — to illegally take possession of
• French: voler — to illegally take possession of
• North Frisian: steel — to illegally take possession of
• Gagauz: çalmaa — to illegally take possession of
• Galician: roubar — to illegally take possession of
• Georgian: მოპარვა (moṗarva) — to illegally take possession of
• German: stehlen — to illegally take possession of
• German: entwenden — to illegally take possession of
• German: klauen — to illegally take possession of
• German: mopsen — to illegally take possession of
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽 (hlifan) — to illegally take possession of
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan) — to illegally take possession of
• Greek: κλέβω (klévo) — to illegally take possession of
• Ancient Greek: κλέπτω (kléptō) — to illegally take possession of
• Greenlandic: tillippoq — to illegally take possession of
• Hebrew: גָּנַב (ganáv) — to illegally take possession of
• Hebrew: גָּזַל (gazál) — to illegally take possession of
• Higaonon: takaw — to illegally take possession of
• Hindi: चुराना (curānā) — to illegally take possession of
• White Hmong: nyiag — to illegally take possession of
• Hungarian: lop — to illegally take possession of
• Icelandic: stela — to illegally take possession of
• Icelandic: hnupla — to illegally take possession of
• Indonesian: mencuri — to illegally take possession of
• Ingrian: varastaa — to illegally take possession of
• Irish: goid — to illegally take possession of
• Istro-Romanian: furå — to illegally take possession of
• Italian: rubare — to illegally take possession of
• Italian: derubare — to illegally take possession of
• Italian: fregare — to illegally take possession of
• Japanese: 盗む (nusumu) — to illegally take possession of
• Javanese: nyolong — to illegally take possession of
• Old Javanese: coloṅ — to illegally take possession of
• Judeo-Italian: גנביר (gannaviare) — to illegally take possession of
• Kabuverdianu: rabata — to illegally take possession of
• Kabuverdianu: rebatá — to illegally take possession of
• Kazakh: ұрлау (ūrlau) — to illegally take possession of
• Khmer: លួច (luəc) — to illegally take possession of
• Khmer: គៃ (kɨy) — to illegally take possession of
• Khmer: ឆ្មក់ (chmɑk) — to illegally take possession of
• Kituba: yiba — to illegally take possession of
• Kituba: kuyiba — to illegally take possession of
• Korean: 훔치다 (humchida) — to illegally take possession of
• Krio: tif — to illegally take possession of
• Central Kurdish: دزین (dzîn) — to illegally take possession of
• Northern Kurdish: dizîn — to illegally take possession of
• Northern Kurdish: dizî kirin — to illegally take possession of
• Kyrgyz: уурдоо (uurdoo) — to illegally take possession of
• Kyrgyz: уурдап алуу (uurdap aluu) — to illegally take possession of
• Lao: ລັກ (lak) — to illegally take possession of
• Lao: ຍາດ (nyāt) — to illegally take possession of
• Lao: ສົກ (sok) — to illegally take possession of
• Lao: ລັກສົກ (lak sok) — to illegally take possession of
• Latgalian: zagt — to illegally take possession of
• Latin: clepō — to illegally take possession of
• Latin: fūror — to illegally take possession of
• Latvian: zagt — to illegally take possession of
• Lingala: koyíba — to illegally take possession of
• Lingala: yiba — to illegally take possession of
• Lingala: iba — to illegally take possession of
• Lithuanian: vogti — to illegally take possession of
• Lombard: róbà — to illegally take possession of
• Lombard: rübà — to illegally take possession of
• Low German: stehlen — to illegally take possession of
• Lü: ᦟᧅ (lak) — to illegally take possession of
• Luxembourgish: stielen — to illegally take possession of
• Luxembourgish: klauen — to illegally take possession of
• Luxembourgish: zoppen — to illegally take possession of
• Luxembourgish: schuppen — to illegally take possession of
• Macedonian: краде (krade) — to illegally take possession of
• Malawi Lomwe: wiiya — to illegally take possession of
• Malay: curi — to illegally take possession of
• Maltese: seraq — to illegally take possession of
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: takew — to illegally take possession of
• Mansaka: takaw — to illegally take possession of
• Māori: tāhae — to illegally take possession of
• Māori: kaiā — to illegally take possession of
• Māori: keiā — to illegally take possession of
• Māori: whānako — to illegally take possession of
• Māori: whēnako — to illegally take possession of
• Mapudungun: weñen — to illegally take possession of
• Eastern Mari: авалткалаш (avaltkalaš) — to illegally take possession of
• Middle English: stelen — to illegally take possession of
• Mongolian: хулгайлах (xulgajlax) — to illegally take possession of
• Mongolian: хулгай хийх (xulgaj xiix) — to illegally take possession of
• Mwani: kwiwa — to illegally take possession of
• Nepali: चोर्नु (cornu) — to illegally take possession of
• Ngombe (Congo): iba — to illegally take possession of
• Nigerian Pidgin: tiff — to illegally take possession of
• Norman: voler — to illegally take possession of
• Norwegian Bokmål: stjele — to illegally take possession of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stela — to illegally take possession of
• Occitan: raubar — to illegally take possession of
• Occitan: panar — to illegally take possession of
• Odia: ଚୋରାଇବା (corāibā) — to illegally take possession of
• Church Slavic: красти (krasti) — to illegally take possession of
• Old East Slavic: красти (krasti) — to illegally take possession of
• Old English: stelan — to illegally take possession of
• Old Tupi: mondá — to illegally take possession of
• Old Tupi: mondarõ — to illegally take possession of
• Oromo: hatuu — to illegally take possession of
• Ossetian: давын (davyn) — to illegally take possession of
• Paiwan: tsakau — to illegally take possession of
• Pashto: تروړل (troṛǝ́l) — to illegally take possession of
• Persian: دزدیدن (dozdidan) — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: kraść — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: ukraść — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: gwizdnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: zgarnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: buchnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: przywłaszczyć sobie — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: zwędzić — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: zakosić — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: zwinąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: podiwanić — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: capnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: chapnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: głabnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: zajebać — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: podpierdolić — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: zajumać — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: erbnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: świsnąć — to illegally take possession of
• Polish: podprowadzić — to illegally take possession of
• Portuguese: roubar — to illegally take possession of
• Portuguese: furtar — to illegally take possession of
• Quechua: suway — to illegally take possession of
• Quechua: suwai — to illegally take possession of
• Romanian: fura — to illegally take possession of
• Romansh: engular — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: красть (krastʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: укра́сть (ukrástʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: ворова́ть (vorovátʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: сворова́ть (svorovátʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: стащи́ть (staščítʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: сви́стнуть (svístnutʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: сты́рить (stýritʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Russian: спи́здить (spízditʹ) — to illegally take possession of
• Sanskrit: चोरयति (corayati) — to illegally take possession of
• Sanskrit: स्तेनयति (stenayati) — to illegally take possession of
• Scottish Gaelic: goid — to illegally take possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: красти — to illegally take possession of
• Serbo-Croatian: krasti — to illegally take possession of
• Sinhalese: හොරකම් කරනවා (horakam karanawā) — to illegally take possession of
• Slovak: kradnúť — to illegally take possession of
• Slovak: ukradnúť — to illegally take possession of
• Slovene: ukrasti — to illegally take possession of
• Slovene: krasti — to illegally take possession of
• Somali: xadid — to illegally take possession of
• Lower Sorbian: kšadnuś — to illegally take possession of
• Upper Sorbian: kradnyć — to illegally take possession of
• Sotho: utswa — to illegally take possession of
• Spanish: robar — to illegally take possession of
• Spanish: shacar — to illegally take possession of
• Spanish: fachar — to illegally take possession of
• Spanish: percollar — to illegally take possession of
• Sundanese: colong — to illegally take possession of
• Swedish: baxa — to illegally take possession of
• Swedish: beta — to illegally take possession of
• Swedish: stjäla — to illegally take possession of
• Swedish: sno — to illegally take possession of
• Swedish: knycka — to illegally take possession of
• Tagalog: magnakaw — to illegally take possession of
• Tajik: дуздидан (duzdidan) — to illegally take possession of
• Tajik: дуздӣ кардан (duzdi kardan) — to illegally take possession of
• Tamil: திருடு (tiruṭu) — to illegally take possession of
• Tatar: урларга (urlarğa) — to illegally take possession of
• Tausug: takaw — to illegally take possession of
• Telugu: దొంగిలించు (doṅgiliñcu) — to illegally take possession of
• Tetum: na'ok — to illegally take possession of
• Tetum: hana'o — to illegally take possession of
• Thai: ขโมย (kà-mooi) — to illegally take possession of
• Thai: ลัก (lák) — to illegally take possession of
• Tibetan: རྐུ (rku) — to illegally take possession of
• Tocharian B: kälyp- — to illegally take possession of
• Turkish: çalmak — to illegally take possession of
• Ottoman Turkish: چالمق (çalmak) — to illegally take possession of
• Ottoman Turkish: خرسزلامق (hırsızlamak) — to illegally take possession of
• Turkmen: ogurlamak — to illegally take possession of
• Tuvan: оорлаар (oorlaar) — to illegally take possession of
• Tuvan: оорлап алыр (oorlap alır) — to illegally take possession of
• Ukrainian: кра́сти (krásty) — to illegally take possession of
• Ukrainian: укра́сти (ukrásty) — to illegally take possession of
• Ukrainian: сви́снути (svýsnuty) — to illegally take possession of
• Ukrainian: поцу́пити (pocúpyty) — to illegally take possession of
• Ukrainian: спи́здити (spýzdyty) — to illegally take possession of
• Urdu: چرانا (curānā) — to illegally take possession of
• Uyghur: ئوغرىلىماق (oghrilimaq) — to illegally take possession of
• Uzbek: oʻgʻirlamoq — to illegally take possession of
• Vietnamese: trộm — to illegally take possession of
• Vietnamese: chôm — to illegally take possession of
• Vietnamese: ăn cắp — to illegally take possession of
• Volapük: tifön — to illegally take possession of
• Walloon: haper — to illegally take possession of
• Walloon: voler — to illegally take possession of
• Walloon: scroter — to illegally take possession of
• Welsh: dwyn — to illegally take possession of
• Yiddish: גנבֿענען (ganvenen) — to illegally take possession of
• Yiddish: אַוועקגנבֿענען (avekganvenen) — to illegally take possession of
• Zazaki: tırayen — to illegally take possession of
• Zazaki: tırahen — to illegally take possession of
• Zazaki: tırıten — to illegally take possession of
• Zazaki: tırıyen — to illegally take possession of
• Zhuang: caeg — to illegally take possession of
• Zhuang: raeg — to illegally take possession of
• Bulgarian: открадвам (otkradvam) — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Finnish: varkain — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Finnish: vaivihkaa — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• German: stehlen — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Hungarian: lopva — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Italian: accattivarsi — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Italian: appropriarsi — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Kabuverdianu: rabata — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Kabuverdianu: rebatá — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Norwegian: stjele — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Polish: skradać się — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Portuguese: surrupiar — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Portuguese: surripiar — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Romanian: însuși — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Romanian: fura — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Scottish Gaelic: goid — to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully
• Dutch: stelen — to draw attention
• Finnish: viedä huomio — to draw attention
• Finnish: varastaa — to draw attention
• German: stehlen — to draw attention
• German: rauben — to draw attention
• Italian: rubare — to draw attention
• Italian: attirare — to draw attention
• Italian: focalizzare — to draw attention
• Italian: distogliere — to draw attention
• Italian: distrarre — to draw attention
• Norwegian: stjele — to draw attention
• Portuguese: roubar — to draw attention
• Romanian: eclipsa — to draw attention
• Telugu: కొట్టివేయు (koṭṭivēyu) — to draw attention
• Telugu: కొట్టేయు (koṭṭēyu) — to draw attention
• Arabic: اِسْتَرَقَ (istaraqa) — to move silently
• Bulgarian: прокрадвам се (prokradvam se) — to move silently
• Catalan: escapolir-se — to move silently
• Esperanto: alŝteliĝi — to move silently
• Finnish: hiipiä — to move silently
• German: sich stehlen — to move silently
• German: schleichen — to move silently
• Hebrew: התגנב (hitganév) — to move silently
• Hungarian: lopódzik — to move silently
• Hungarian: oson — to move silently
• Hungarian: settenkedik — to move silently
• Italian: aggirarsi — to move silently
• Japanese: 忍び足をする (shinobiashi o suru) — to move silently
• Macedonian: се прикрадува (se prikraduva) — to move silently
• Māori: whakamoho — to move silently
• Māori: nihinihi — to move silently
• Māori: whakaninihi — to move silently
• Māori: whakamoke — to move silently
• Māori: whakamōkihi — to move silently
• Norwegian: liste seg — to move silently
• Romanian: strecura — to move silently
• Romanian: furișa — to move silently
• Swedish: smyga — to move silently
• Yiddish: גנבֿענען (ganvenen) — to move silently
• Chinese Mandarin: 偷垒 — baseball: to advance safely during the pitch
• Finnish: kärkkyä — baseball: to advance safely during the pitch
• Japanese: 盗塁する (tōrui suru) — baseball: to advance safely during the pitch