stok

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See also: Stok, stôk, štok, Štok, stök, støk, and сток

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stok, from Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɔk/
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Noun

stok (plural stokke, diminutive stokkie)

  1. stick, whether natural (made of wood) or artificial
    Die kinders stut hul bouwerk met stokke.
    The children support the construction they have built with sticks.

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

stok f

  1. genitive plural of stoka

Danish

Noun

stok

  1. cane
  2. stalk, stem (e.g. on broccoli)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Noun

stok m (plural stokken, diminutive stokje n)

  1. stick, natural (wood) or artificial
  2. cane
    Synonym: wandelstok
    Hij liep na dat ongeluk met een stok.
    After that accident he walked with a cane.
  3. (card games) deck, stock (set of playing cards)
  4. (dated) stock, supply
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: stok
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: stoko
  • Negerhollands: stok
  • Indonesian: stok
  • Papiamentu: stòki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stok

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stokken

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch stock, from Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

stok (first-person possessive stokku, second-person possessive stokmu, third-person possessive stoknya)

  1. stock,
    1. (trading) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
    2. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

Derived terms

Compounds

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

Pronunciation

Noun

stok (plural stokkes or stokken)

  1. trunk of a living tree

Descendants

References

Polish

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Etymology

Deverbal from stoczyć.

Pronunciation

Noun

stok m inan (diminutive stoczek)

  1. slope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)
    Synonyms: skłon, zbocze
  2. (anatomy) clivus
  3. (archaic) stream, creek, spring
    • 1973 [first published 1895], Stefan Żeromski, Siłaczka, Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska, archived from the original on 2022-03-13, page 11:
      Doznawał uczucia radości i spokoju, jakby po skwarnej i dręczącej podróży doszedł do czystego stoku, ukrytego w cieniu sosen na wyżynie górskiej.
      He felt a feeling of happiness and calm, as though after a hot and unpleasant journey he had come to a clear stream, hidden in the shade of pine trees in mountainous highlands.

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

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