stel

See also: stél and -stel

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stel, stelle, from or related to the Old Saxon verb stellian (“to put, place”).

Noun

stel

chassis, skeleton, frame
- 2017, Kirk Hamilton (Inge Arends), En lejemorders kugle, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
  Han havde et par briller med messingstel siddende yderst ude på næsen, ...
  He had a pair of brass-frame glasses sitting at the tip of his nose, ...
- 2018, Bent Jørgensen, Børnenes bog om skildpadder og akvariefisk, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
  Det bedste akvarium er et såkaldt stel-akvarium. Det har et stel af rustfrit stål eller jern, bunden er også af metal, og på de fire sider er der med særligt kit indsat fire glasruder.
  The best aquarium is a so-called frame-aquarium. It has a frame of stainless steel or iron, the bottom is also of metal, and on the four sides, four glass panes are attached with a special kind of putty.
a collection of crockery with a shared theme or colour scheme

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stɛl/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stel. By surface analysis, deverbal from stellen.

Noun

stel n (plural stellen, diminutive stelletje n)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Caribbean Javanese: setèl
→ Papiamentu: stèl, stel

Etymology 2

See stil.

Adjective

stel (comparative steller, superlative stelst)

alternative form of stil

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stel

inflection of stellen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Anagrams

Lets, slet

Middle English

Noun

stel

alternative form of stele (“steel”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stel

inflection of stela:
1. present
2. imperative

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stel/

Verb

stel

singular imperative of stelan

Old Norse

Verb

stel

inflection of stela:
1. first-person singular present indicative active
2. second-person singular imperative active

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stirder, styrdher, from Old Norse stirðr, from Proto-Germanic *sterþjaz, [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ster (“strong, steady”).^[1]

The sound change of Old Norse /rð/ to /l/, which affected central and northern Sweden, is typically not reflected in writing, the spelling of this word and a few other being exceptions. Compare hin håle and utböling (from ON. *hinn harði and *útbyrðing respectively)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /steːl/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

stel (comparative stelare, superlative stelast)

stiff, rigid
(figuratively) very strict and formal (to a fault), stiff
(figuratively) 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

Inflection of **stel**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	stel	stelare	stelast
neuter singular	stelt	stelare	stelast
plural	stela	stelare	stelast
masculine plural²	stele	stelare	stelast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	stele	stelare	stelaste
all	stela	stelare	stelaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1022-27”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1022-27

Anagrams

slet

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [stel]

Noun

stel (nominative plural stels)

star (astronomy)
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: II:
  Kiöpo reg änu pemotöl Yudanas binom-li? Elogobs in lofüd steli omik, ed ekömobs ad stimodön omi.
  Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage.

Declension

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 later, non-classical Volapük only