stak

See also: śták and Šták

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz.

Noun

stak

1. stack

Declension

Declension of stak

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stak	stakken	stakke	stakkene
genitive	staks	stakkens	stakkes	stakkenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑk

Verb

stak

1. singular past indicative of steken

Anagrams

• kast

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaːk/

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• Rhymes: -aːk
• Homophone: stark (some speakers)

Verb

stak

1. singular imperative of staken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of staken

Verb

stak

1. (dated) first/third-person singular preterite of stecken
   • 1824, Heinrich Clauren [pseudonym; Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun], Der Blutschatz‎^[1]:

     Großenau, das prächtige Rittergut – kam er mit vollen Händen – der Besitzer stak bis über beide Ohren in Schulden, der schlug gewiß los; […]

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Icelandic

Etymology

From stakur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staːk/

  Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

stak n (genitive singular staks, nominative plural stök)

1. (set theory) an element, a member; (one of the objects in a set)

   Synonym: íbúi

Declension

Declension of stak (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stak	stakið	stök	stökin
accusative	stak	stakið	stök	stökin
dative	staki	stakinu	stökum	stökunum
genitive	staks	staksins	staka	stakanna

Derived terms

• algebrulega samoka stak (“algebraic conjugate”)
• dæmigert stak (“typical element”)
• efsta stak (“greatest element, largest element, maximum element”)
• einingarstak (“identity element, one, unit element”)
• einsleitt stak (“homogeneous element”)
• fastastak (“fixed element, invariant element”)
• frjálst stak (“free element”)
• frumstak (“prime, prime element, Ur-element”)
• frumstætt stak (“primitive element”)
• fyrsta stak (“first element, least element, minimum element, smallest element”)
• grunnstak (“basic element, basis element”)
• hástak (“maximal element”)
• heilstak, heilt stak (“integral element”)
• hlutlaust stak (“identity element, neutral element”)
• hornalínustak (“diagonal element”)
• hægra einingarstak (“right identity”)
• hæsta stak (“greatest element, largest element, maximum element”)
• kyrrastak, kyrrt stak (“fixed element, invariant element”)

See also

• ívera (“membership”)
• íveruvensl (“membership relation”)
• íverutákn (“membership sign, set-membership symbol”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz.

Alternative forms

• stac, stack, stacke, stakk, stakke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stak/

Noun

stak (plural stakkes)

1. stack (pile of hay, grain, straw, etc.)
2. (rare) stack (coastal landform)

Derived terms

• stakken

Descendants

• English: stack
• Scots: stack
• → Irish: staca, stáca

References

• “stak, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-02.

Etymology 2

See stake.

Noun

stak

1. Alternative form of stake