Stelle

See also: stelle and stèlle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stelle.

Proper noun

Stelle (plural Stelles)

A surname from German.

Derived terms

Stelton

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Stelle is the 37341^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Stelle is most common among White (86.26%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stelle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

Back-formation from stellen, verb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɛlə/
Rhymes: -ɛlə
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Homophone: Ställe

Noun

Stelle f (genitive Stelle, plural Stellen)

Declension

Declension of Stelle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stelle	die	Stellen
genitive	einer	der	Stelle	der	Stellen
dative	einer	der	Stelle	den	Stellen
accusative	eine	die	Stelle	die	Stellen

Hyponyms

Arbeitsstelle
Baustelle
freie Stelle
Haltestelle
Landestelle
Nachkommastelle
Nullstelle
offene Stelle
Planstelle
Schwachstelle
Tankstelle
Vermittlungsstelle
Vorkommastelle

Related terms

einstellig
mehrstellig
Stellenangebot
Stellenanwärter
Stellenausschreibung
Stellenbeschreibung
Stellenbewerber
Stellenvergabe
Stellenvermittlung
Stellgleis
zweistellig

Descendants

→ Yiddish: שטעלע (shtele)

Further reading

“Stelle” in Duden online
“Stelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Stelle”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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