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stel

See also: stél, and -stel

Danish

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Danish sense #2.

Etymology

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

Noun

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stel

  1. 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.
  2. a collection of crockery with a shared theme or colour scheme

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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stel n (plural stellen, diminutive stelletje n)

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

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Descendants

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  • → Caribbean Javanese: setèl
  • → Papiamentu: stèl, stel

Verb

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stel

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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stel

  1. inflection of stela:
    1. present
    2. imperative

Old English

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Verb

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stel

  1. singular imperative of stelan

Old Norse

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Verb

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stel

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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

The sound change of Old Norse /rð/ to /l/ is originally dialectal, but in this word has entered the standard language. Compare hin håle and utböling (from ON. *hinn harði and *útbyrðing respectively)

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Adjective

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stel (comparative stelare, superlative stelast)

  1. stiff, unbending, inflexible
  2. (slang) very strict and formal (to a fault)
  3. (slang) 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

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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
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References

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

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Volapük

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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stel (nominative plural stels)

  1. 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

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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

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