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stritten

Stritten is a German term most commonly found as the simple past tense form of the verb streiten, meaning to argue or quarrel. In standard German, stritten is the Präteritum (simple past) for plural subjects, as in "Sie stritten über die Frage." The corresponding present tense is streiten, the past participle gestritten. The form stritt is used for singular third person and first person singular, with other conjugations following regular Präteritum patterns: ich stritt, du strittest, er stritt, wir stritten, ihr strittet, sie stritten.

Beyond its grammatical use, Stritten can also occur as a proper noun. It may be found as

In historical texts, stritten may appear in narratives describing disputes, fights, or feuds, where the verb

Etymology: Stritten derives from the verb streiten. The related past participle is gestritten, used with haben

a
surname
in
German-speaking
countries,
and
as
a
toponym
in
local
contexts.
In
those
senses,
it
is
not
related
to
the
verb’s
meaning
but
functions
as
a
name.
conveys
past
disagreement.
The
term
is
primarily
of
interest
to
students
of
German
grammar
and
toponymic
or
genealogical
research
when
encountered
as
a
name.
to
form
the
present
perfect:
Sie
haben
gestritten.