stel

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun[edit]

stel n (plural stellen, diminutive stelletje n)

  1. couple, pair
  2. group, set, collection
  3. (informal) a couple (of), a few

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Verb[edit]

stel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stellen
  2. imperative of stellen

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

stel

  1. present tense of stela and stele
  2. imperative of stela and stele

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish stirder, styrdher, from Old Norse stirðr.

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Adjective[edit]

stel (comparative stelare, superlative stelast)

  1. stiff, unbending, inflexible
  2. very strict and formal (to a fault)
  3. awkward
    Det vart så stelt när han blev totaldissad på dansgolvet.
    It was so awkward when he got super dissed on the dance floor.

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of stel
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular stel stelare stelast
Neuter singular stelt stelare stelast
Plural stela stelare stelast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 stele stelare stelaste
All stela stelare stelaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

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Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

stel (plural stels)

  1. star (astronomy)

Declension[edit]

declension of stel
singular plural
nominative stel stels
genitive stela stelas
dative stele steles
accusative steli stelis
vocative 1 o stel! o stels!
predicative 2 stelu stelus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

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