Stachel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stachel, from Late Old High German stahhil, from Old High German stakulla, from an extension of stechen with nominalizing suffix -ila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaxl̩/, [ˈʃtaχl̩]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Stachel m (mixed, genitive Stachels, plural Stacheln)

1. spike, sting, barb, prick

   Ein Kaktus hat keine Stacheln, sondern Dornen, während eine Rose keine Dornen, sondern Stacheln hat.

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Declension

Declension of Stachel [masculine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stachel	die	Stacheln
genitive	eines	des	Stachels	der	Stacheln
dative	einem	dem	Stachel	den	Stacheln
accusative	einen	den	Stachel	die	Stacheln

Derived terms

• stachelig
• stachlicht
• anstacheln

Related terms

• Bienenstachel
• Giftstachel
• Hornissenstachel
• Metallstachel
• Rosenstachel
• Stachelbeere
• Stacheldraht
• Stachelhäuter
• Stachelrinne
• Stachelrochen
• Stachelschwein
• Stachelstock
• Wespenstachel

Further reading

• “Stachel” in Duden online
• “Stachel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Stachel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Stachel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Stachel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaxl̩/

Noun

Stachel m (plural Stachle)

1. spike, barb, sting

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Stachel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 156