stol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "stol"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stollen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔl/

Verb

stol (present stol, present participle stollende, past participle gestol)

1. (intransitive) to solidify, to congeal, to coagulate

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian стол (stol).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

stol (definite accusative stolu, plural stollar)

1. table

   Synonyms: masa, (South Azerbaijani) miz

Declension

Declension of stol

	singular	plural
nominative	stol	stollar
definite accusative	stolu	stolları
dative	stola	stollara
locative	stolda	stollarda
ablative	stoldan	stollardan
definite genitive	stolun	stolların

Possessive forms of stol

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	stolum	stollarım
sənin (“your”)	stolun	stolların
onun (“his/her/its”)	stolu	stolları
bizim (“our”)	stolumuz	stollarımız
sizin (“your”)	stolunuz	stollarınız
onların (“their”)	stolu or stolları	stolları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	stolumu	stollarımı
sənin (“your”)	stolunu	stollarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	stolunu	stollarını
bizim (“our”)	stolumuzu	stollarımızı
sizin (“your”)	stolunuzu	stollarınızı
onların (“their”)	stolunu or stollarını	stollarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	stoluma	stollarıma
sənin (“your”)	stoluna	stollarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	stoluna	stollarına
bizim (“our”)	stolumuza	stollarımıza
sizin (“your”)	stolunuza	stollarınıza
onların (“their”)	stoluna or stollarına	stollarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	stolumda	stollarımda
sənin (“your”)	stolunda	stollarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	stolunda	stollarında
bizim (“our”)	stolumuzda	stollarımızda
sizin (“your”)	stolunuzda	stollarınızda
onların (“their”)	stolunda or stollarında	stollarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	stolumdan	stollarımdan
sənin (“your”)	stolundan	stollarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	stolundan	stollarından
bizim (“our”)	stolumuzdan	stollarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	stolunuzdan	stollarınızdan
onların (“their”)	stolundan or stollarından	stollarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	stolumun	stollarımın
sənin (“your”)	stolunun	stollarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	stolunun	stollarının
bizim (“our”)	stolumuzun	stollarımızın
sizin (“your”)	stolunuzun	stollarınızın
onların (“their”)	stolunun or stollarının	stollarının

Alternative forms

• istol, istov (dialectal)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stóll, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāl- (“frame, rack, stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stoːl/, [sd̥oːˀl]
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

stol c (singular definite stolen, plural indefinite stole)

1. chair

Inflection

Declension of stol

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stol	stolen	stole	stolene
genitive	stols	stolens	stoles	stolenes

Derived terms

• gyngestol

Verb

stol

1. imperative of stole

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Stollen.

Noun

stol m (plural stollen, diminutive stolletje n)

1. stollen

Usage notes

Stol is traditionally eaten around Christmas and (since the 1980s, so not quite traditionally) Easter. The recipe generally doesn't vary according to the holiday, the different names are purely based on marketing.

Derived terms

• feeststol
• kerststol
• paasstol

Etymology 2

Verb

stol

1. inflection of stollen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• lost, slot

Gothic

Romanization

stōl

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻

Norwegian Bokmål

stol

Etymology 1

From Danish stol, from Old Norse stóll, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāl- (“frame, rack, stand”).

Noun

stol m (definite singular stolen, indefinite plural stoler, definite plural stolene)

1. a chair

Derived terms

• gyngestol
• hjulstol
• kjøkkenstol
• lenestol
• rullestol
• stolheis
• vevstol

Etymology 2

Verb

stol

1. imperative of stole

References

• “stol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stóll, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāl- (“frame, rack, stand”).

Noun

stol m (definite singular stolen, indefinite plural stolar, definite plural stolane)

1. a chair

Derived terms

• gyngestol
• kjøkenstol
• kjøkkenstol
• kubbestol
• lenestol
• rullestol
• stolheis
• vevstol

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stol

1. imperative of stola

References

• “stol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stoːl/

Noun

stōl m

1. chair, seat

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	stōl	stōlas
accusative	stōl	stōlas
genitive	stōles	stōla
dative	stōle	stōlum

Derived terms

• bisċeopstōl
• fieldstōl

Descendants

• Middle English: stool
  • English: stool
  • Scots: stuil, stul, stule

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stōl.

Noun

stōl m

1. chair, seat

Declension

stōl (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	stōl	stōlos
accusative	stōl	stōlos
genitive	stōles	stōlō
dative	stōle	stōlum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: stôl
  • German Low German: Stohl (also Münsterländisch), Stauhl (Paderbornisch), Staul (Sauerländisch)
    • → Lower Sorbian: stoł
  • Plautdietsch: Stool
  • → Estonian: tool
  • → Votic: stooli

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stóll, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz.

Noun

stōl m

1. chair, seat

Declension

Declension of stōler (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stōler	stōlrin	stōlar	stōlanir, stōlaner
accusative	stōl	stōlin	stōla	stōlana
dative	stōli, stōle	stōlinum, stōlenom	stōlum, stōlom	stōlumin, stōlomen
genitive	stōls	stōlsins	stōla	stōlanna

Descendants

• Swedish: stol
• → Finnish: tuoli
• → Ingrian: stooli

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stâl.

Noun

stol m ?

1. steel

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “stol”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 762
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “stol”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 138
• Olesch, Reinhold (1971) “Stohl”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1100

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek στόλος (stólos, “fleet”).

Noun

stol n (plural stoluri)

1. flock
2. swarm

Declension

Declension of stol

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	stol	stolul		stoluri	stolurile
genitive-dative	stol	stolului		stoluri	stolurilor
vocative	stolule			stolurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• stȏ (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stolъ. Doublet of àstāl, from the same ultimate source only borrowed through Hungarian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stôːl/

Noun

stȏl m (Cyrillic spelling сто̑л)

1. (Croatia) table

   Synonym: àstāl

Declension

Declension of stol

	singular	plural
nominative	stȏl, stȏ	stòlovi
genitive	stòla	stòlōvā
dative	stòlu	stòlovima
accusative	stȏl, stȏ	stòlove
vocative	stȍle, stȍlu	stòlovi
locative	stòlu	stòlovima
instrumental	stòlom	stòlovima

Related terms

• radni stol
• pisaći stol

Further reading

• “stol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stolъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔ́ʋ/

Noun

stȍł m inan

1. chair

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	stòl
gen. sing.	stôla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	stòl	stôla	stôli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	stôla	stôlov	stôlov
dative (dajȃlnik)	stôlu	stôloma	stôlom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	stòl	stôla	stôle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	stôlu	stôlih	stôlih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	stôlom	stôloma	stôli

Further reading

• “stol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “stol”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

två stolar

Etymology

From Old Swedish stōl, from Old Norse stóll, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāl- (“frame, rack, stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stuːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

stol c

1. a chair (item of furniture)

   sitta på en stol

   sit on a chair

   sätta sig på en stol

   sit down on a chair

2. a chair (office, position)

Usage notes

A stool is a pall.

Declension

Declension of stol

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stol	stols
	definite	stolen	stolens
plural	indefinite	stolar	stolars
	definite	stolarna	stolarnas

Derived terms

• frisörstol (“barber chair”)
• hopfällbar stol (“folding chair”)

References

• stol in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stol in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lots

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian стол (stol).

Noun

stol (plural stollar)

1. table

Declension

Declension of stol

	singular	plural
nominative	stol	stollar
genitive	stolning	stollarning
dative	stolga	stollarga
definite accusative	stolni	stollarni
locative	stolda	stollarda
ablative	stoldan	stollardan
similative	stoldek	stollardek

Possessive forms of stol

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	stolim	stollarim
genitive	stolimning	stollarimning
dative	stolimga	stollarimga
definite accusative	stolimni	stollarimni
locative	stolimda	stollarimda
ablative	stolimdan	stollarimdan
similative	stolimdek	stollarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	stoling	stollaring
genitive	stolingning	stollaringning
dative	stolingga	stollaringga
definite accusative	stolingni	stollaringni
locative	stolingda	stollaringda
ablative	stolingdan	stollaringdan
similative	stolingdek	stollaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	stoli	stollari
genitive	stolining	stollarining
dative	stoliga	stollariga
definite accusative	stolini	stollarini
locative	stolida	stollarida
ablative	stolidan	stollaridan
similative	stolidek	stollaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	stolimiz	stollarimiz
genitive	stolimizning	stollarimizning
dative	stolimizga	stollarimizga
definite accusative	stolimizni	stollarimizni
locative	stolimizda	stollarimizda
ablative	stolimizdan	stollarimizdan
similative	stolimizdek	stollarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	stolingiz	stollaringiz
genitive	stolingizning	stollaringizning
dative	stolingizga	stollaringizga
definite accusative	stolingizni	stollaringizni
locative	stolingizda	stollaringizda
ablative	stolingizdan	stollaringizdan
similative	stolingizdek	stollaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	stoli	stollari
genitive	stolining	stollarining
dative	stoliga	stollariga
definite accusative	stolini	stollarini
locative	stolida	stollarida
ablative	stolidan	stollaridan
similative	stolidek	stollaridek

Volapük

Noun

stol (nominative plural stols)

1. straw
   • 1940, “Pro yunanef Nedänik”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 38:

     Yeb bälätas binon grünik, stol feilalänedas binon yelovik.

     The grass of the meadows is green, the straw of the fields is yellow.

Declension

Declension of stol

	singular	plural
nominative	stol	stols
genitive	stola	stolas
dative	stole	stoles
accusative	stoli	stolis
vocative 1	o stol!	o stols!
predicative 2	stolu	stolus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• cöpilastol
• filidastol
• lunastol
• lunastolatuf
• lunastolik
• stolabed
• stolahät
• stolajedülot
• stolajoad
• stolanuf
• stolanäst
• stolastag
• stolatuf
• stolik
• sägulastol