Stock

See also: stock, Stöck, -stock, and stock-

English

Proper noun

Stock

1. A village in Essex, England.
2. A surname​.

Anagrams

• 'tocks, tocks

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Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔk/

Noun

Stock m (plural Stöck or Stäck, diminutive Stöckelche or Stäckelche)

1. (most dialects) stick; staff
2. (most dialects) floor; storey; level

Usage notes

• The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian, those with -ä- are Moselle Franconian.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔk/

• Audio

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Noun

Stock m (genitive Stockes, plural Stöcke or Stöcker, diminutive Stöckchen n)

1. stick, staff, broken-off twig

   Ich weiß nicht, wo ich den Stock gelassen habe; haben Sie ihn nicht gesehen?

   I don't know where I've left the staff; haven't you seen it?

2. floor, storey (UK), story (US), level

   im dritten Stock ― on the third floor (UK counting)/fourth floor (US counting)

3. stock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
4. (card games) pile of undealt cards, deck
5. the entirety of roots of a plant; stock
6. (short for Bienenstock) hive; beehive

Usage notes

• The standard plural is Stöcke.
• The alternative plural Stöcker is used in northern and eastern Germany (chiefly in colloquial usage and usually only for the sense “stick, staff”).

Declension

Declension of Stock

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stock	die	Stöcke
genitive	eines	des	Stockes, Stocks	der	Stöcke
dative	einem	dem	Stock, Stocke1	den	Stöcken
accusative	einen	den	Stock	die	Stöcke

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

• (stick): Stab
• (storey): Etage; Stockwerk
• (deck of cards): Talon
• (tree trunk): Stumpen; Stumpf

Derived terms

• Bienenstock
• Gehstock
• Holzstock
• Rebstock
• Rohrstock
• Spazierstock
• Stöckchen
• Stockente
• stockgerade
• Stockkampf
• Stockwerk
• Viehstock
• Viehtreiberstock
• Weinstock
• Zeigestock

 

See also

• steif wie ein Stock

Further reading

• “Stock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Stock”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtok/

Noun

Stock m (plural Steck, diminutive Steckche)

1. stick
2. bush, shrub
3. tree trunk

Noun

Stock m (plural Steck)

1. apartment, flat

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary