stoel

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Etymology

From Dutch stoel, from Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stul/
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Noun

stoel (plural stoele)

  1. chair
  2. stool

Descendants

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Noun

stoel m (plural stoelen, diminutive stoeltje n)

  1. a chair, a piece of furniture used for sitting, normally portable and having four legs
  2. (hence) any seat, from stool to throne; a dais
    Synonym: zetel
  3. the base on which something rests, e.g. platform; something fixed on it, notably a workbench
  4. a place of residence, headquarters, powerbase
  5. (botany) a receptacle, stool, a type of stump
  6. (obsolete) a confessional chair
    Synonym: biechtstoel
  7. (obsolete, uncountable) fecal stool
    Synonym: stoelgang
  8. (obsolete) a toadstool, a mushroom
    Synonym: paddenstoel
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stoel

  1. inflection of stoelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Noun

stoel m

  1. chair, seat
  2. throne

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian stōl, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

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Noun

stoel c (plural stuollen, diminutive stuoltsje)

  1. chair, seat

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “stoel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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