stock-

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

German

Etymology

From Stock (“stick, staff”). Originally in forms like stocksteif (literally “stick-stiff”), stockstill (literally “stick-still”), then generalised. Compare the same in stein-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

stock-

(colloquial) very (used to emphasize)
stockbesoffen (very drunk, wasted, plastered)

stockdunkel, stockduster, stockfinster (pitch black)

stocksteif (very stiff, very formal)

stockschwul (blatantly gay, homosexual)

stocktaub (deaf as a post)