No. 1,615 in German
stoppen
To stop or halt.
In a sentence
Ich musste meinen Wagen schnell stoppen.
I had to stop my car quickly.
In this sentence, 'stoppen' is used as a verb meaning 'to stop,' referring to halting the motion of a vehicle.
Der Kandidat konnte das Gespräch nicht rechtzeitig stoppen.
The candidate could not stop the conversation in time.
Here, 'stoppen' describes the action of terminating an ongoing activity, in this case, a conversation.
Wir sollten den Diebstahl unserer Ressourcen stoppen.
We should stop the theft of our resources.
In this context, 'stoppen' suggests preventing or halting an undesirable situation or event from continuing.
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