stoel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stoel, from Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stul/
Audio: (file)

Noun

stoel (plural stoele)

chair
stool

Descendants

→ Southern Ndebele: isitulo
→ Sotho: setulo
→ Tsonga: xitulu
→ Xhosa: isitulo
→ Zulu: isitulo

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
IPA^(key): /stul/
Hyphenation: stoel
Rhymes: -ul

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Noun

stoel m (plural stoelen, diminutive stoeltje n)

A chair, a piece of furniture used for sitting, normally portable and having four legs.
(hence) Any seat, from stool to throne; a dais.
Synonym: zetel
The base on which something rests, e.g. platform; something fixed on it, notably a workbench.
A place of residence, headquarters, powerbase.
(botany) A receptacle, stool, a type of stump.
(obsolete) A confessional chair.
Synonym: biechtstoel
(obsolete, uncountable) Fecal stool.
Synonym: stoelgang
(obsolete) A toadstool, a mushroom.
Synonym: paddenstoel

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: stoel
- → Southern Ndebele: isitulo
- → Sotho: setulo
- → Tsonga: xitulu
- → Xhosa: isitulo
- → Zulu: isitulo
Jersey Dutch: stûl
Negerhollands: stoel, stul, stuel
Skepi Creole Dutch: stool
→ Aukan: sutuu
→ Fanagalo: stul (possibly via Zulu or from English)
→ Papiamentu: stul, stoeltsje, stoeltji
→ Sranan Tongo: sturu

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stoel

inflection of stoelen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. imperative

Anagrams

loste, slote

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Noun

stoel m

chair, seat
throne

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: stoel
- Afrikaans: stoel
  - → Southern Ndebele: isitulo
  - → Sotho: setulo
  - → Tsonga: xitulu
  - → Xhosa: isitulo
  - → Zulu: isitulo
- Jersey Dutch: stûl
- Negerhollands: stoel, stul, stuel
- Skepi Creole Dutch: stool
- → Aukan: sutuu
- → Fanagalo: stul (possibly via Zulu or from English)
- → Papiamentu: stul, stoeltsje, stoeltji
- → Sranan Tongo: sturu
Limburgish: stool

Further reading

“stoel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stoel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

stoel c (plural stuollen, diminutive stuoltsje)

chair, seat

Derived terms

poddestoel

Further reading

“stoel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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