stok

See also: Stok, stôk, štok, Štok, stök, støk, and сток

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stok, from Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔk/

• Audio:

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Noun

stok (plural stokke, diminutive stokkie)

1. stick, whether natural (made of wood) or artificial

   Die kinders stut hul bouwerk met stokke.

   The children support the construction they have built with sticks.

Derived terms

• eierstok
• stokkielekker
• stokperd
• stokvis
• suigstokkie
• toorstok

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstok]

Noun

stok f

1. genitive plural of stoka

Danish

Noun

stok

1. cane
2. stalk, stem (e.g. on broccoli)

Declension

Declension of stok

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stok	stokken	stokke	stokkene
genitive	stoks	stokkens	stokkes	stokkenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Noun

stok m (plural stokken, diminutive stokje n)

1. stick, natural (wood) or artificial
2. cane

   Synonym: wandelstok

   Hij liep na dat ongeluk met een stok.

   After that accident he walked with a cane.

3. (card games) deck, stock (set of playing cards)
4. (dated) stock, supply

Derived terms

• dirigeerstok
• duimstok
• eierstok
• halfstok
• kolderstok
• polsstok
• stokbrood
• stokdoof
• stokkerig
• stoklak
• stokletter
• stokoud
• stokpaard
• stokregel
• stokslag
• stokstijf
• stokstil
• stokvis
• toverstok
• trommelstok
• vechtstok
• vlaggenstok
• wandelstok
• wapenstok
• wortelstok
• zitstok
• zuurstok

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stok
• Berbice Creole Dutch: stoko
• Negerhollands: stok
• → Indonesian: stok
• → Papiamentu: stòki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stok

1. inflection of stokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• kost

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch stock, from Middle Dutch stoc, from Old Dutch stok, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɔk̚]
• Hyphenation: stok

Noun

stok

1. stock,
   1. (trading) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
   2. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.

Derived terms

• menstok

 

Compounds

• stok penyangga

 

Further reading

• “stok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stokke, stoka, stoc, stocke
• stook (hapax)

Etymology

From Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔk/

Noun

stok (plural stokkes or stokken)

1. trunk of a living tree

Descendants

• English: stock
• Yola: stouck, stouk

References

• “stok, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Stock.

Noun

stok m ?

1. stick, crook

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “stok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 761
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “stok”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 138
• Olesch, Reinhold (1971) “stock”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 11099

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from stoczyć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: stok

Noun

stok m inan (diminutive stoczek)

1. slope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)

   Synonyms: skłon, zbocze

2. (anatomy) clivus
3. (archaic) stream, creek, spring
   • 1973 [first published 1895], Stefan Żeromski, Siłaczka‎^[1], Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska, archived from the original on 2022-03-13, page 11:

     Doznawał uczucia radości i spokoju, jakby po skwarnej i dręczącej podróży doszedł do czystego stoku, ukrytego w cieniu sosen na wyżynie górskiej.

     He felt a feeling of happiness and calm, as though after a hot and unpleasant journey he had come to a clear stream, hidden in the shade of pine trees in mountainous highlands.

Declension

Declension of stok

	singular	plural
nominative	stok	stoki
genitive	stoku	stoków
dative	stokowi	stokom
accusative	stok	stoki
instrumental	stokiem	stokami
locative	stoku	stokach
vocative	stoku	stoki

Derived terms

adjective

• stokowy

 

noun

• stokówka

 

Further reading

• stok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stok in Polish dictionaries at PWN