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stemmen

to lift / brace / manage

stemmen – stemmte – hat gestemmt

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry stemmen, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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stemmen vs heben

to lift

Heben and stemmen can both mean moving something upward. Stemmen emphasizes the great physical effort and resistance involved, while heben is more general. Use heben for the ordinary process and stemmen when the weight is particularly heavy.

Visual example for heben
stemmen

Wir mussten die schwere Kiste mit großer Kraft stemmen.

We had to heave the heavy crate with great effort.

heben

Wir müssen die Kiste gemeinsam heben, damit sie nicht fällt.

We need to lift the crate together so it does not fall.

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