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Stock.

stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller twigs)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃtɔk/
  1. stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller twigs)

    masculine · strong
    Schau mal, ich habe einen Stock gefunden, der wie ein Schwert aussieht.
  2. stick, staff (length of wood or other hard material that is being used as an aid in movement, e.g. in hiking or skiiing)

    masculine · strong
    Ich weiß nicht, wo ich den Stock gelassen habe; haben Sie ihn nicht gesehen?
  3. floor, storey, level

    masculine · strong
    im dritten Stock
  4. stock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)

    masculine · strong
  5. pile of undealt cards, deck

    masculine · strong
  6. the entirety of roots of a plant; stock

    masculine · strong
  7. ellipsis of Bienenstock: hive, beehive

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

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