שטאַפּל

Yiddish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebh (“post, stem”). Akin to Old Frisian stapul (“tooth-stem”), Middle Low German stapel (“execution block”) (German Stapel (“beam, stake”), Old High German staffal, Old Norse stöpull, Old English stæf (“staff”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃtapl̩]

Noun

שטאַפּל • (shtapl) m, plural שטאַפּלען‎ (shtaplen)

  1. level
    ‏גיין אַראָפּ אויף אַ נידעריגער שטאַפּל‎
    geyn arop oyf a nideriger shtapl
    To sink to a low level.
  2. degree
  3. rung
    ‏שטאַפּל פֿונעם לייטער‎
    shtapl funem leyter
    rung of the ladder
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