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Yiddish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebh (“post, stem”). Likely borrowed from Low German at some stage; compare German Stapel.
Pronunciation
Noun
שטאַפּל • (shtapl) m, plural שטאַפּלען (shtaplen)
- level
גיין אַראָפּ אויף אַ נידעריגער שטאַפּל- geyn arop oyf a nideriger shtapl
- To sink to a low level.
- degree
- rung
שטאַפּל פֿונעם לייטער- shtapl funem leyter
- rung of the ladder