Stock

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See also: stock, Stöck, -stock, and stock-

English

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Stock (countable and uncountable, plural Stocks)

  1. A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998).
  2. A surname.
  3. Diminutive of Stockton (“personal name”)

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Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

Pronunciation

Noun

Stock m (plural Stöck or Stäck, diminutive Stöckelche or Stäckelche)

  1. (most dialects) stick; staff
  2. (most dialects) floor; storey; level

Usage notes

  • The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian, those with -ä- are Moselle Franconian.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtɔk/
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Noun

Stock m (strong, genitive Stockes or Stocks, plural Stöcke or Stöcker, diminutive Stöckchen n)

  1. stick, staff, broken-off twig
    Ich weiß nicht, wo ich den Stock gelassen habe; haben Sie ihn nicht gesehen?
    I don't know where I've left the staff; haven't you seen it?
  2. floor, storey, level
    im dritten Stock ― on the third floor (UK counting)/fourth floor (US counting)
  3. stock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
  4. (card games) pile of undealt cards, deck
  5. the entirety of roots of a plant; stock
  6. (short for Bienenstock) hive; beehive

Usage notes

  • The standard plural is Stöcke.
  • The alternative plural Stöcker is used in northern and eastern Germany (chiefly in colloquial usage and usually only for the sense “stick, staff”).

Declension

Declension of Stock
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stock die Stöcke, Stöcker
genitive eines des Stockes, Stocks der Stöcke, Stöcker
dative einem dem Stock, Stocke1 den Stöcken, Stöckern
accusative einen den Stock die Stöcke, Stöcker

1Now rare, see notes.

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Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian Stock, from Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Cognate with German Stock and Luxembourgish Stack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtok/
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Hyphenation: Stock

Noun

Stock m (nominative plural Steck, diminutive Steckche)

  1. stick (any long, thin piece of wood)
  2. bush, shrub
  3. tree trunk
    Synonym: Stamm
  4. (in compounds) plant
    Banannestock ― banana plant

Declension

Declension of Stock
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative där/de Stock die Steck
dative dem Stock denne/de Steck

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nouns

Noun

Stock m (nominative plural Steck)

  1. floor (storey of a building)
    Ich wohne im zehnte Stock.
    I live on the tenth floor.

Declension

Declension of Stock
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative där/de Stock die Steck
dative dem Stock denne/de Steck

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Stock”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 158
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