stelle

See also: Stelle and stèlle

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛlə/

Verb

stelle (third-person singular present stellt, preterite stallt, past participle jestallt or gestallt)

  1. (most dialects) to put, place, make stand
    De Mamm hät dä jruße Komp op der Desch jestallt.
    Mum put the big bowl on the table.
Alternative forms
  • ställe (variant spelling, used to distinguish from etymologies 2 and 3)

Etymology 2

  • Inherited from Middle High German stëln, from Old High German stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną. The rarer pronunciation with /e/ is from compromise between /ɛ/ and inflected /i/; the vowel alternation is then lost.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛlə/, (locally) /ˈʃtelə/

    Verb

    stelle (third-person singular present stillt or stellt, preterite stohl, past participle jestolle or gestolle)

    1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to steal
      Synonyms: kläue / klaue, klemme, streppe
      Dä Kleen von jäjenüvver kütt emmer bei us em Jaade Impele stelle.
      The little one from across the street always comes to steal raspberries in our garden.
    Alternative forms
    • stehle, steahle (western Moselle Franconian)
    • stähle (local byform)

    Etymology 3

    From Middle High German stillen, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃtelə/

    Verb

    stelle (third-person singular present stellt, preterite stellte, past participle jestellt or gestellt)

    1. (most dialects) to satisfy (hunger, thirst), to breastfeed (a baby)
      Wie hä ierts sengen Duursch jestellt hatt, wuurd e monter on feng aan ze verzälle.
      When he had first satisfied his thirst, he livened up and started talking.

    Dutch

    Verb

    stelle

    1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stellen

    Anagrams

    German

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Verb

    stelle

    1. inflection of stellen:
      1. first-person singular present
      2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
      3. singular imperative

    Hunsrik

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃtelə/

    Verb

    stelle

    1. put, position, stop, place

    Conjugation

    Regular
    infinitive stelle
    participle gestelld
    auxiliary hon
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    ich stelle
    du stellst stell
    er/sie/es stelld
    meer stelle
    deer stelld stelld
    sie stelle

    The present participle is uncommonly used,
    but can be made with the suffix -end.

    Derived terms

    • wechstelle
    • zurickstelle

    Further reading

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “stelle”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

    Italian

    Noun

    stelle f

    1. plural of stella

    Middle English

    Noun

    stelle

    1. alternative form of stele (steel)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Verb

    stelle (present tense steller, past tense stelte, past participle stelt)

    1. to tidy up
      I dag skal jeg stelle huset.
      Today I'm going to tidy up the house.
    2. to treat, to take care of
      Hun måtte gå og stelle barnet sitt.
      She had to go and take care of her baby.

    References

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈstel.le/, [ˈsteɫ.ɫe]

    Verb

    stelle

    1. inflection of stellan:
      1. first-person singular present indicative
      2. singular present subjunctive