This is the 15152nd most frequent German word.
stürzten
"Stürzten" is the past tense of "stürzen," meaning "to fall," "to plunge," or "to overthrow," depending on context.
'stürzten' is used here to indicate an action of falling, particularly a quick, uncontrolled descent.
Die Bergsteiger stürzten vom Gipfel in die Tiefe.
The mountaineers plunged from the peak into the depths.
'stürzten' is utilized metaphorically here to express rushing or hurrying towards an objective in an eager or urgent manner.
Nach dem Alarm stürzten die Feuerwehrmänner zum Einsatzort.
After the alarm, the firefighters rushed to the scene of the incident.
'stürzten' describes here a drastic and rapid decrease, applied figuratively to the behavior of stock market values.