stapel

See also: Stapel

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaː.pəl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sta‧pel

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapal, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz.

Noun

stapel m (plural stapels, diminutive stapeltje n)

  1. pile
  2. (archaic) basis, foundation, pedestal
  3. (historical, trade) stockpile, stock
  4. (lutherie) sound post
    Synonym: ziel

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch stapel.

Noun

stapel m (plural stapels)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) cricket (or alternatively, grasshopper)
    • 1597, Karel van Mander, "Vijfd' Ecloga, oft Boer-liedt", Bucolica en Georgica, dat is, Ossen-stal en Landt-werck, page 30.
      Soo lang Wildt swijn berg-top, en visch de vliet / Bemint: oock Bye van Thijm haer aes geniet / En Stapel oock van douw', soo langh sal blijven: / V eer en naem, en loflijck groot beclijven.
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    • 1636, Johan de Brune (de Oude), "Emblemata X", Emblemata of Zinne-werck, page 80.
      De godvruchtighe, zeght erghens een, zijn ghelijck de mieren, die eerst moede, dan blijde zijn: maer de godlooze, gelijck de stapels, of sprinck-hanen, die eerst zinghen, en dan droeve en bekommert zijn.
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Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stapel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stapelen
  2. imperative of stapelen

Anagrams


German

Verb

stapel

  1. First-person singular present of stapeln.
  2. Imperative singular of stapeln.

Swedish

Noun

stapel c

  1. a stack, a pile
  2. a bar (in a bar graph)
  3. a dock and slipway (in a shipyard)
    det nya skeppet ska gå av stapeln på tisdag
    the new ship will leave the dock (and enter the water for its maiden tour) on Tuesday
    tävlingen går av stapeln på tisdag
    the competition is held on Tuesday

Declension

Declension of stapel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stapel stapeln staplar staplarna
Genitive stapels stapelns staplars staplarnas

Derived terms

  • klockstapel
  • stapelavlöpning
  • stapeldiagram
  • stapelvara

Descendants

  • Finnish: taapeli
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