Stapel

See also: stapel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Stapel.

Proper noun

Stapel (plural Stapels)

  1. A surname.

Descendants
  • → Translingual: Stapelia

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Stapel is the 40554th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 539 individuals. Stapel is most common among White (95.73%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German stāpel, from Old Saxon stapol, from Proto-West Germanic *stapul (“pillar, post, basis, foundation”). Doublet of Etappe and Staffel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaːpl̩/, /ˈʃtaːpəl/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Stapel m (strong, genitive Stapels, plural Stapel)

  1. stack, batch (also computing)
  2. (nautical) slipway
    Synonym: Helling

Declension
Declension of Stapel [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stapel die Stapel
genitive eines des Stapels der Stapel
dative einem dem Stapel den Stapeln
accusative einen den Stapel die Stapel

Hyponyms
  • Bücherstapel
  • Kartenstapel m (“deck of playing cards”)
  • Schallplattenstapel m (“stack of records”)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Stapel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Stapel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Stapel” in Duden online
  • “Stapel” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Stapel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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