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English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Stock (countable and uncountable , plural Stocks )
A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex , England , United Kingdom ( OS grid ref TQ6998) .
A surname .
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 )
( most dialects ) stick ; staff
( 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
Noun
Stock m (strong , genitive Stockes or Stocks , plural Stöcke or Stöcker , diminutive Stöckchen n )
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?
floor , storey , level
im dritten Stock ― on the third floor (UK counting)/fourth floor (US counting)
stock , supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
( card games ) pile of undealt cards , deck
the entirety of roots of a plant; stock
( 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”).
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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 .[ 1]
Cognate with German Stock and Luxembourgish Stack .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ʃtok/
Rhymes: -ok
Hyphenation: Stock
Noun
Stock m (plural Steck , diminutive Steckche )
stick ( any long, thin piece of wood )
bush , shrub
tree trunk
Synonym: Stamm
( in compounds ) plant
Banannestock ― banana plant
Derived terms
Noun
Stock m (plural Steck )
floor ( storey of a building )
Ich wohne im zehnte Stock . I live on the tenth floor .
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