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stapel.

pile

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstaː.pəl/
  1. pile

    masculine
  2. basis, foundation, pedestal

    archaic · masculine
  3. stockpile, stock

    historical · masculine
  4. sound post

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch stapel, from Old Dutch stapal, from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz. Doublet of etappe.

noun/ˈstaː.pəl/
  1. cricket (or alternatively, grasshopper)

    dialectal · masculine · no-diminutive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch stapel, perhaps ultimately from a lost derivative of Proto-Germanic *stapiz (“step, stride”), referring to an insect that moves by jumps and strides.

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