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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Stift”, which translates to “pen, pencil”. A chubby pencil with stubby legs marches across a blank page, leaving a wobbly trail and saluting every comma it passes.

Stift is part of German nouns A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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derStift, -e

pen, pencil

/ʃtɪft/

Examples — Stift in a sentence

Hast du einen Stift für mich?

Do you have a pen for me?

Ich brauche einen roten Stift.

I need a red pen.

How to remember it

STIFT sounds like 'stiff.' Imagine a very STIFF pen or pencil that's hard to bend.

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