שטאַפּל

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebh (“post, stem”). Likely borrowed from Low German at some stage; compare German Stapel.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

שטאַפּל • (shtapl) m, plural שטאַפּלען (shtaplen)

  1. level
    גיין אַראָפּ אויף אַ נידעריגער שטאַפּל
    geyn arop oyf a nideriger shtapl
    To sink to a low level.
  2. degree
  3. rung
    שטאַפּל פֿונעם לייטער
    shtapl funem leyter
    rung of the ladder
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