stift.
a tack, pin, wire nail, staple, needle (gramophone, record player)
Meaning & usage
a tack, pin, wire nail, staple, needle (gramophone, record player)
lead (for pencils)
handspring: slå stiften - do a handspring
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German stift, steft, corresponds to German Stift m.
a diocese
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German stift, stifte.
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