Stift
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtɪft/
- Rhymes: -ɪft
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German stift, steft, from Old High German stift, steft, from Proto-West Germanic *stift, from Proto-Germanic *stiftaz (“pin, nail”); likely derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyp- (“stiff, erect”), whence also German steif (“stiff”). Cognate with German Low German Stift.
Noun
Stift m (strong, genitive Stiftes or Stifts, plural Stifte)
- pin (short rod of metal, wood etc., used e.g. for fastening)
- Hyponyms: Holzstift, Metallstift, Kunststoffstift
- pencil, pen, stylus; includes all rod-shaped writing implements other than fountain pens, though even these may be included informally
- Hyponyms: Bleistift, Buntstift, Filzstift, Kugelschreiber, Wachsmalstift
- (informal, dated) a boy, especially an apprentice
Declension
Derived terms
- stiftartig
Declension
Declension of Stift [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms
- Chorherrenstift
- Domstift
- Erzstift
- Frauenstift
- Hochstift
- Kanonikerstift
- Kanonissenstift
- Kollegiatstift
- Münsterstift
- Niederstift
- Oberstift
Related terms
- Stiftsadel
- Stiftsbibliothek
- Stiftsbrauerei
- Stiftsdame
- Stiftsfrau
- Stiftsfräulein
- Stiftsgebäude
- Stiftsherr
- Stiftskapitel
- Stiftskirche
- Stiftsschule
- Stiftsweingut
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtift/
Further reading
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