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stuve.

to stow, pack (place things or people in a limited space with little room between them)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb/stuːvə/[ˈsd̥uːʋə][ˈsd̥uːu]
  1. to stow, pack (place things or people in a limited space with little room between them)

  2. to dam (water)

    intransitive · rare · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German stūwen, stōwen, from Proto-Germanic *stōjaną (“to stow”), cognate with German stauen, German stauen, Dutch stuwen, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (stōjan, “to judge”). Derived from the noun *stōō (“place, stowage”).

verb/stuːvə/[ˈsd̥uːʋə][ˈsd̥uːu]
  1. to stew (to cook vegetables or meat in a sauce)

Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German stoven, related to Dutch stoven. Maybe a derivation from the noun stove (“bath, stove”) (Danish stue). Possibly both these words are loans from Romance: Old French estuver (verb), estuve (noun), from Vulgar Latin *extūfāre (“to heat”), which is a compound of ex- and Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “steam”).

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