stel

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

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

• IPA^(key): /stɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

stel n (plural stellen, diminutive stelletje n)

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

• bankstel

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

stel

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

• Lets, slet

stel

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

stel

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

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)

• IPA^(key): /steːl/

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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.

• stelna
• stelnad

• slet

• IPA^(key): [stel]

stel (nominative plural stels)

1. star (astronomy)

• bevüstelik
• bioskopahistelan
• bioskopajistelan
• bioskopastelan
• dugastel
• fimastel
• gödastel
• histelan
• histelavan
• jistelan
• jistelavan
• läbastel
• pebastel
• soarastel
• steläd
• stelan
• stelastaned
• stelav
• stelavan
• stelavik
• stelem
• stelik
• stelikult
• stelil
• stelilem
• stelön
• stelül
• vienüdastel
• vienüdastel kompada

• galaxid
• mun
• planet
• sol
• tal