Stele

See also: stele, stélé, stèle, stelè, and ŝtele

German

Etymology

Ca. 1800, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “upright rock, pillar, column”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃteːlə/, /ˈsteːlə/

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• Hyphenation: Ste‧le
• Rhymes: -eːlə
• Homophone: stehle (with /ʃ/)

Noun

Stele f (genitive Stele, plural Stelen)

1. (archaeology, art) stele

   Synonym: Grabsäule

2. (botany) stele (the central core of a plant's root and stem system)

   Synonym: Leitgewebe

Declension

Declension of Stele [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stele	die	Stelen
genitive	einer	der	Stele	der	Stelen
dative	einer	der	Stele	den	Stelen
accusative	eine	die	Stele	die	Stelen

Derived terms

• Stelenfeld

Further reading

• Stele on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Stele (Botanik) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Stele” in Duden online
• “Stele” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Stele” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.