stapel
See also: Stapel
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapal, from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz. Doublet of etappe.
Noun edit
stapel m (plural stapels, diminutive stapeltje n)
- pile
- (archaic) basis, foundation, pedestal
- (historical, trade) stockpile, stock
- (lutherie) sound post
- Synonym: ziel
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch stapel, perhaps ultimately from a lost derivative of Proto-Germanic *stapiz (“step, stride”), referring to an insect that moves by jumps and strides.[1]
Noun edit
stapel m (plural stapels)
- (obsolete, dialectal) cricket (or alternatively, grasshopper)
- 1597, Karel van Mander, “Vijfd' Ecloga, oft Boer-liedt”, in Bucolica en Georgica, dat is, Ossen-stal en Landt-werck, page 30:
- Soo lang Wildt swijn berg-top, en visch de vliet / Bemint: oock Bye van Thijm haer aes geniet / En Stapel oock van douw', soo langh sal blijven: / V eer en naem, en loflijck groot beclijven.
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- 1636, Johan de Brune (de Oude), "Emblemata X", Emblemata of Zinne-werck, page 80.
- De godvruchtighe, zeght erghens een, zijn ghelijck de mieren, die eerst moede, dan blijde zijn: maer de godlooze, gelijck de stapels, of sprinck-hanen, die eerst zinghen, en dan droeve en bekommert zijn.
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Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “stapel”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
stapel
- inflection of stapelen:
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
stapel
- inflection of stapeln:
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English stapol (“basis, pillar”).
Noun edit
stapel (plural stapels)
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “stāpel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
stapel (plural stapels)
- Alternative form of staple
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse stǫpull (“column, pillar”).
Noun edit
stapel c
- a tall stack
- en stapel av lådor
- a tall stack of boxes
- a bar (in a bar graph)
- a dock and slipway (in a shipyard)
- det nya skeppet ska gå av stapeln på tisdag
- the new ship will leave the dock (and enter the water for its maiden tour) on Tuesday
- tävlingen går av stapeln på tisdag
- the competition is held on Tuesday (figurative)
- det nya skeppet ska gå av stapeln på tisdag
Declension edit
Declension of stapel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stapel | stapeln | staplar | staplarna |
Genitive | stapels | stapelns | staplars | staplarnas |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: taapeli
See also edit
- trave (“neat stack”)
References edit
- stapel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)