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English
Proper noun
Stack
- A surname.
Anagrams
German
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Low German Stack, from Middle Low German stak. Probably related with stāke (“stake”). Possibly influenced by stacket (“stockade, picket fence”), itself from also related Old French estakete.
Pronunciation
Noun
Stack n (mixed, genitive Stacks or Stackes, plural Stacken)
- (Northern Germany, uncommon outside compounds) groyne, breakwater
- Synonyms: Buhne, Kribbe
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English stack.
Pronunciation
Noun
Stack m (strong, genitive Stacks, plural Stacks)
- (computing) synonym of Stapelspeicher (“stack memory”)
Declension
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.
Cognate with German Stock, Dutch stok, English stock, Icelandic stokkur.
Pronunciation
Noun
Stack m (plural Stäck)
- floor, storey, level
- apartment block
- potted plant
- bush, shrub
- tree trunk
- block (of an executioner, butcher, etc.)
- hive, beehive