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Stock
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stock Stöck -stock stock-
English
<dab!>
+, Essex
+ (surname)
Etymology
As an English surname, from the noun en stock stock, tree stump. This sense is also found respectively in Dutch and German, and Slavic borrowings of them. Compare en Stocker.
Also as an English surname, variant of en Stoker.
Stockton en Stockton.
Proper noun
~
en village/and/cpar in dist/Chelmsford co/Essex cc/England c/UK OS grid ref TQ6998.
en.
en Ben Whedon Reshaping the right: A generational divide heralds a transformation of the GOP w:Just the News https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/frireshaping-right-generational-divide-heralds-transformation-gop 2025-07-03 Speaking on the John Solomon Reports podcast this week, conservative activist and RiftTV contributor Sarah Stock attributed some of the divide to a generational split in how conservatives consume information. https://web.archive.org/web/20250720001237/https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/frireshaping-right-generational-divide-heralds-transformation-gop
en Stockton personal name.
See also
en Goodley Stock
Anagrams
en ckost 'tocks tocks
Alemannic German
Etymology
gsw :inh gmh:stoc<ety:inh<goh:stoc<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*stokk>>>>
gsw gem-pro 1
From gsw gmh stoc, from gsw goh stoc, from gsw gmw-pro *stokk.
Pronunciation
gsw /ʃtok͡x/ Zürich
Noun
m Stöck Stöckli
stick
Further reading
19247
Central Franconian
Etymology
gmw-cfr gem-pro 1
From gmw-cfr gmh stoc, from gmw-cfr goh stoc, from gmw-cfr gmw-pro *stokk.
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /ʃtɔk/
Noun
gmw-cfr noun m plural Stöck or Stäck diminutive Stöckelche or Stäckelche
gmw-cfr most dialects stick; staff
gmw-cfr most dialects floor; storey; level
Usage notes
The inflected forms with -ö- are Ripuarian, those with -ä- are Moselle Franconian.
German
Alternative forms
de Stok obsolete
Etymology
de :inh gmh:stoc<ety:inh<goh:stoc<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*stokk>>>>
de gem-pro 1
From de gmh stoc, from de goh stoc, from de gmw-pro *stokk.
Pronunciation
de /ʃtɔk/
de De-Stock.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s,^e:^er[colloquial, regional] ^chen,^lein,erl
stick solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller twigs
de Schau mal, ich habe einen Stock gefunden, der wie ein Schwert aussieht. Check it out, I found a stick that looks like a sword.
stick, staff length of wood or other hard material that is being used as an aid in movement, e.g. in hiking or skiiing
de Ich weiß nicht, wo ich den Stock gelassen habe; haben Sie ihn nicht gesehen? I don't know where I've left the staff; have you seen it perhaps?
floor, storey, level
de im dritten Stock on the third floor (UK counting)/fourth floor (US counting)
stock, supply but only in some contexts and much less common than in English
de card games pile of undealt cards, deck
the entirety of roots of a plant; stock
de Bienenstock: hive, beehive
Usage notes
The standard plural is de Stöcke.
The alternative plural de Stöcker is used in northern and eastern Germany, chiefly in colloquial usage and usually only for the senses of “stick”.
Declension
m,(e)s,^e:^er[colloquial, regional]
Synonyms
stick de Stab
storey de Etage; de Stockwerk
deck of cards de Talon
tree trunk de Stumpen; de Stumpf
Derived terms
de stock- Bienenstock Gehstock Holzstock Weinstock Rebstock Rohrstock Spazierstock Viehtreiberstock Viehstock Zeigestock stockgerade Stockente Stockkampf Stockwerk Stöckchen Türstock
Related terms
de stochern
See also
de steif wie ein Stock
Further reading
Stock_Stab Duden (Stab)
Stock_Bestand Duden (Bestand)
Stock_Etage Duden (Etage)
de
Hunsrik
Etymology
hrx gmw-cfr Stock, from hrx gmh stoc, from hrx goh stoc, from hrx gmw-pro *stokk, from hrx gem-pro *stukkaz.158
Cognate with de Stock and lb Stack.
Pronunciation
hrx /ʃtok/
hrx ok 1
hrx Stock
Noun
m Steckche Steck
stick any long, thin piece of wood
bush, shrub
tree trunk
hrx Stamm
hrx in compounds plant
hrx Banannestock banana plant
Derived terms
hrx nouns Fummstock Tomattestock Trauvestock Banannestock Batattestock Bohnestock Boverstock Himbeerestock Kaffistock Krautstock Linsestock Miljestock Mischirickestock Palmestock Perlsteckche Rockeplanz Rosestock
Noun
m Steck
floor storey of a building
hrx Ich wohne im zehnte Stock. I live on the tenth floor.
References
hrx Plants