Stelle
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Stelle (plural Stelles)
- A surname from German.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Stelle is the 37341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Stelle is most common among White (86.26%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stelle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from stellen, verb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Stelle f (genitive Stelle, plural Stellen)
- place, stead, location, position, lieu
- position (as a job), employment
- digit, decimal place
Declension edit
Declension of Stelle [feminine]
Hyponyms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Yiddish: שטעלע (shtele)
Further reading edit
- “Stelle” in Duden online
- “Stelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Stelle”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891