Stock

Stock

1. A village in Essex, England.

• 'tocks, tocks

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔk/

Stock m (plural Stöck or Stäck, diminutive Stöckelche or Stäckelche)

1. (most dialects) stick; staff
2. (most dialects) floor; storey; level

• The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian, those with -ä- are Moselle Franconian.

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃtɔk/

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Stock m (genitive Stocks or Stockes, plural Stöcke or Stöcker, diminutive Stöckchen n)

1. stick, staff, broken-off twig

   Ich weiss nicht, wo ich den Stock gelassen habe; haben sie ihn nicht gesehen?

   I don't know where I've left the staff; haven't you seen it?

2. floor, storey (UK), story (US), level

   im dritten Stock ― on the third floor (UK counting)/fourth floor (US counting)

3. stock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
4. (card games) pile of undealt cards, deck
5. the entirety of roots of a plant; stock
6. (short for Bienenstock) hive; beehive

• The standard plural is Stöcke.
• The alternative plural Stöcker is used in northern and eastern Germany (chiefly in colloquial usage).

• (stick): Stab
• (storey): Etage; Stockwerk
• (deck of cards): Talon
• (tree trunk): Stumpen; Stumpf

• steif wie ein Stock

• IPA^(key): /ʃtok/

Stock m (plural Steck, diminutive Steckche)

1. stick
2. bush, shrub
3. tree trunk

Stock m (plural Steck)

1. apartment, flat

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