stempel

• stemple

Borrowed from Low German Stempel or Dutch stempel, akin to Old English stempan (“to stamp”), all from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze, stamp”).

• Rhymes: -ɛmpəl

stempel (plural stempels)

1. (mining) A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.

• Stemple, Temples, pelmets, stemple, temples

From Middle Low German stempel, from stampen.

stempel n (singular definite stemplet, plural indefinite stempler)

1. (mechanical) piston
2. stamp (the tool)
3. (figurative) a mark on one's reputation
4. stamp, impression, imprint

• “stempel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Corresponding to stampen (“to stamp”) +‎ -el (suffix denoting instruments), but clearly an early formation judging by the presence of umlaut. Compare Old High German stempfil (German Stempel).

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• Rhymes: -ɛmpəl

stempel m or n (plural stempels, diminutive stempeltje n) (neuter when used in senses 2 and 3)

1. stamp, die, seal (of wax)
2. stamp, postmark (of ink)
3. (figuratively) any kind of mark or sign of influence
4. (botany) stigma

• → Caribbean Javanese: setèmpel
• → Indonesian: stempel
• → Papiamentu: stèmpel

• tempels

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stempel

1. inflection of stempeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

stempel

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From Dutch stempel (“stamp, seal”). Compare to German Stempel.

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• Hyphenation: stèm‧pêl

stèmpêl (plural stempel-stempel, first-person possessive stempelku, second-person possessive stempelmu, third-person possessive stempelnya)

1. stamp, seal.

   Synonyms: cap, tera

• setempel

• “stempel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

stempel

Wikipedia ^no

From Middle Low German stempel.

stempel n (definite singular stempelet or stemplet, indefinite plural stempel or stempler, definite plural stempla or stemplene)

1. (mechanical) a piston
2. a stamp (rubber stamp)

• “stempel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German stempel.

stempel n (definite singular stempelet, indefinite plural stempel, definite plural stempla)

1. (mechanical) a piston
2. a stamp (rubber stamp)

• “stempel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

stempel

Wikipedia ^pl

• sztępel

Borrowed from German Stempel. Doublet of sztępel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛm.pɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmpɛl
• Syllabification: stem‧pel

stempel m inan (diminutive stempelek)

1. stamp (imprint or device)

   Synonym: pieczątka

2. (mining) pit prop

• stempel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stempel in Polish dictionaries at PWN