stelling

See also: Stelling

English

Etymology

Dutch stelling

Noun

stelling (plural stellings)

  1. A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
    • 1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 138:
      For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From stellen +‎ -ing

Pronunciation
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Noun

stelling f (plural stellingen, diminutive stellinkje n)

  1. position, configuration
    Stelling van Amsterdam — Defense line of Amsterdam
  2. thesis, contention
  3. sentence
  4. theorem

Derived terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛtliŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtliŋk

Noun

stelling f (genitive singular stellingar, nominative plural stellingar)

  1. pose, stance, position, posture

Declension
declension of stelling
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stelling stellingin stellingar stellingarnar
accusative stellingu stellinguna stellingar stellingarnar
dative stellingu stellingunni stellingum stellingunum
genitive stellingar stellingarinnar stellinga stellinganna
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