stak

See also: Stak

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz.

Noun

stak

1. stack

Declension

Declension of stak

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stak	stakken	stakke	stakkene
genitive	staks	stakkens	stakkes	stakkenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑk

Verb

stak

1. singular past indicative of steken

Anagrams

• kast

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaːk/

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• Rhymes: -aːk
• Homophone: stark (some speakers)

Verb

stak

1. (archaic) first/third-person singular preterite of stecken
   • 1824, Heinrich Clauren [pseudonym; Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun], Der Blutschatz‎^[1]:

     Großenau, das prächtige Rittergut – kam er mit vollen Händen – der Besitzer stak bis über beide Ohren in Schulden, der schlug gewiß los; […]

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Icelandic

Etymology

From stakur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staːk/

  Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

stak n (genitive singular staks, nominative plural stök)

1. (set theory) an element, a member; (one of the objects in a set)

   Synonym: íbúi

Derived terms

• algebrulega samoka stak (“algebraic conjugate”)
• dæmigert stak (“typical element”)
• efsta stak (“greatest element, largest element, maximum element”)
• einingarstak (“identity element, one, unit element”)
• einsleitt stak (“homogeneous element”)
• fastastak (“fixed element, invariant element”)
• frjálst stak (“free element”)
• frumstak (“prime, prime element, Ur-element”)
• frumstætt stak (“primitive element”)
• fyrsta stak (“first element, least element, minimum element, smallest element”)
• grunnstak (“basic element, basis element”)
• hástak (“maximal element”)
• heilstak, heilt stak (“integral element”)
• hlutlaust stak (“identity element, neutral element”)
• hornalínustak (“diagonal element”)
• hægra einingarstak (“right identity”)
• hæsta stak (“greatest element, largest element, maximum element”)
• kyrrastak, kyrrt stak (“fixed element, invariant element”)

 

See also

• ívera (“membership”)
• íveruvensl (“membership relation”)
• íverutákn (“membership sign, set-membership symbol”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz.

Alternative forms

• stac, stacke, stakke, stack, stakk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stak/

Noun

stak (plural stakkes)

1. stack (pile of hay, grain, straw, etc.)
2. (rare) stack (coastal landform)

Derived terms

• stakken

Descendants

• English: stack
• Scots: stack

References

• “stak, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-02.

Etymology 2

See stake.

Noun

stak

1. Alternative form of stake