stoel

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch stoel, from Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /stul/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

stoel (plural stoele)

  1. chair
  2. stool

Descendants[edit]

  • → Southern Ndebele: isitulo
  • → Sotho: setulo
  • → Tsonga: xitulu
  • → Xhosa: isitulo
  • → Zulu: isitulo

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Noun[edit]

stoel m (plural stoelen, diminutive stoeltje n)

  1. A chair, a piece of furniture used for sitting, normally portable and having four legs.
  2. (hence) Any seat, from stool to throne; a dais.
    Synonym: zetel
  3. The base on which something rests, e.g. platform; something fixed on it, notably a workbench.
  4. A place of residence, headquarters, powerbase.
  5. (botany) A receptacle, stool, a type of stump.
  6. (obsolete) A confessional chair.
    Synonym: biechtstoel
  7. (obsolete, uncountable) Fecal stool.
    Synonym: stoelgang
  8. (obsolete) A toadstool, a mushroom.
    Synonym: paddenstoel
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

stoel

  1. inflection of stoelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Noun[edit]

stoel m

  1. chair, seat
  2. throne

Inflection[edit]

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West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

stoel c (plural stuollen, diminutive stuoltsje)

  1. chair, seat

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Further reading[edit]

  • “stoel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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