stelling
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English
Etymology
Noun
stelling (plural stellings)
- A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
- 1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 138:
- For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stellinge. Equivalent to stellen + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
stelling f (plural stellingen, diminutive stellinkje n)
- position, configuration
- Stelling van Amsterdam — Defense line of Amsterdam
- thesis, contention
- sentence
- theorem
- scaffold
- Synonym: stellage
Derived terms
Descendants
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse stelling (“positioning, posturing", also "mast-step, mast hole”). Compare Icelandic stallur (“pedestal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stelling f (genitive singular stellingar, nominative plural stellingar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stelling | stellingin | stellingar | stellingarnar |
| accusative | stellingu | stellinguna | stellingar | stellingarnar |
| dative | stellingu | stellingunni | stellingum | stellingunum |
| genitive | stellingar | stellingarinnar | stellinga | stellinganna |