Stab

See also: stab, STAB, stáb, and štab

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stap, stab, from Old High German stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with English staff, Dutch staf, Swedish stav, Old Norse stafr. The meaning co-workers is secondary: in the German word Generalstab (“General Staff”) the meaning changed from the staff as a symbol of authority to the group of military officers and later to any group of co-workers.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃtaːp]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːp

Noun

Stab m (genitive Stabs or Stabes, plural Stäbe, diminutive Stäbchen n)

  1. rod, staff
  2. staff (employees)
  3. (heraldry) palet

Declension
Declension of Stab
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stab die Stäbe
genitive eines des Stabes,
Stabs		 der Stäbe
dative einem dem Stab,
Stabe1		 den Stäben
accusative einen den Stab die Stäbe
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms
Stab
  • Stabbau
  • Stabhochspringen
  • Stabkirche
  • Stabplanke
  • Stabsoffizier
  • Stabrahmen
  • Stabsunterkunft
  • Stabübergabe
  • den Stab übergeben
  • Abstandsstab
  • Abtsstab
  • Amtsstab
  • Bischofsstab
  • Buchstabe
  • Dirigentenstab
  • Eisenstab
  • Feldstab
  • Führungsstab
  • Generalstab
  • Hauptstab
  • Heeresstab
  • Herrscherstab
  • Hirtenstab
  • Holzstab
  • Kontrollstab
  • Krummstab
  • Kupferstab
  • Messstab
  • Messingstab
  • Metallstab
  • Pflanzenstab
  • Rahmenstab
  • Regelstab
  • Reisestab
  • Rosenstab
  • Rührstab
  • Sattelstab
  • Silberstab
  • Steuerstab
  • Stützstab
  • Torstab
  • Zaunstab
  • Zauberstab
  • Zeigestab
  • Zugstab

Descendants

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Stab”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “Stab” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Stab in Duden online
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