stelle

See also: Stelle and stèlle

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛlə/

Verb

stelle (third-person singular present stellt, preterite stallt, past participle jestallt or gestallt)

1. (most dialects) to put, place, make stand

   De Mamm hät dä jruße Komp op der Desch jestallt.

   Mum put the big bowl on the table.

Alternative forms

• ställe (variant spelling, used to distinguish from etymologies 2 and 3)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *stelaną

Proto-West Germanic *stelan

Old High German stelan

Middle High German stëln

Central Franconian stelle

Inherited from Middle High German stëln, from Old High German stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną. The rarer pronunciation with /e/ is from compromise between /ɛ/ and inflected /i/; the vowel alternation is then lost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛlə/, (locally) /ˈʃtelə/

Verb

stelle (third-person singular present stillt or stellt, preterite stohl, past participle jestolle or gestolle)

1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to steal

   Synonyms: kläue / klaue, klemme, streppe

   Dä Kleen von jäjenüvver kütt emmer bei us em Jaade Impele stelle.

   The little one from across the street always comes to steal raspberries in our garden.

Alternative forms

• stehle, steahle (western Moselle Franconian)
• stähle (local byform)

Etymology 3

From Middle High German stillen, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtelə/

Verb

stelle (third-person singular present stellt, preterite stellte, past participle jestellt or gestellt)

1. (most dialects) to satisfy (hunger, thirst), to breastfeed (a baby)

   Wie hä ierts sengen Duursch jestellt hatt, wuurd e monter on feng aan ze verzälle.

   When he had first satisfied his thirst, he livened up and started talking.

Dutch

Verb

stelle

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stellen

Anagrams

• letsel

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

stelle

1. inflection of stellen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtelə/
• Rhymes: -elə
• Syllabification: stel‧le

Verb

stelle

1. put, position, stop, place

Conjugation

Regular

infinitive	stelle
participle	gestelld
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	stelle	—
du	stellst	stell
er/sie/es	stelld	—
meer	stelle	—
deer	stelld	stelld
sie	stelle	—

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

• wechstelle
• zurickstelle

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

stelle f

1. plural of stella

Middle English

Noun

stelle

1. alternative form of stele (“steel”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stelle (present tense steller, past tense stelte, past participle stelt)

1. to tidy up

   I dag skal jeg stelle huset.

   Today I'm going to tidy up the house.

2. to treat, to take care of

   Hun måtte gå og stelle barnet sitt.

   She had to go and take care of her baby.

References

• “stelle” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstel.le/, [ˈsteɫ.ɫe]

Verb

stelle

1. inflection of stellan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive