stelling

See also: Stelling

English

Etymology

Dutch stelling

Noun

stelling (plural stellings)

1. A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
   • 1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 138:

     For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling.

Anagrams

• gillnets, tellings

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stellinge. Equivalent to stellen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.lɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stel‧ling
• Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

Noun

stelling f (plural stellingen, diminutive stellinkje n)

1. position, configuration

   Stelling van Amsterdam — Defense line of Amsterdam

2. thesis, contention
3. sentence
4. theorem
5. scaffold

   Synonym: stellage

Derived terms

• bouwstelling
• gevechtsstelling
• hoofdstelling
• leerstelling
• stellingmolen
• stellingname
• stellingoorlog
• tegenstelling
• verdedigingsstelling
• voorstelling

 

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛtliŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtliŋk

Noun

stelling f (genitive singular stellingar, nominative plural stellingar)

1. pose, stance, position, posture

Declension

declension of stelling

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stelling	stellingin	stellingar	stellingarnar
accusative	stellingu	stellinguna	stellingar	stellingarnar
dative	stellingu	stellingunni	stellingum	stellingunum
genitive	stellingar	stellingarinnar	stellinga	stellinganna