stapel

See also: Stapel

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.pəl/

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• Hyphenation: sta‧pel

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapal, from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz. Doublet of etappe.

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

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: setabel
• → Papiamentu: stapel

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch stapel, perhaps ultimately from a lost derivative of Proto-Germanic *stapiz (“step, stride”), referring to an insect that moves by jumps and strides.

Noun

stapel m (plural stapels)

1. (obsolete, dialectal) cricket (or alternatively, grasshopper)
   • 1597, Karel van Mander, “Vijfd' Ecloga, oft Boer-liedt”, in 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

• stapeldol
• stapelgek
• stapelverliefd

Related terms

• stap
• stappen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stapel

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

Anagrams

• plaste

German

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Verb

stapel

1. inflection of stapeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English stapol (“basis, pillar”).

Noun

stapel (plural stapels)

1. post, staff, stake
2. staple (U-shaped metal fastener)

Alternative forms

• stapil, stapile, staple, stapul, stable

Descendants

• English: staple
• Scots: steeple

References

• “stāpel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

stapel (plural stapels)

1. Alternative form of staple

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stǫpull (“column, pillar”).

Noun

stapel c

1. a tall stack

   en stapel av lådor

   a tall stack of boxes

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 (figurative)

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

Related terms

• stapla

Descendants

• → Finnish: taapeli

See also

• trave (“neat stack”)

References

• stapel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• spelat