stel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

stel n (plural stellen, diminutive stelletje n)

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

Derived terms

Verb

stel

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of stellen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of stellen

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stel

  1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of stela
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of stela

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Inflection of stel
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular stel stelare stelast
Neuter singular stelt stelare stelast
Plural stela stelare stelast
Masculine plural3 stele 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.
3) Dated or archaic

Anagrams

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

stel (nominative plural stels)

  1. star (astronomy)

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

Derived terms

See also

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