# stel
## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German stel, stelle, from or related to the Old Saxon verb stellian (“to put, place”).

### Noun

stel
* chassis, skeleton, frame
** 2017, Kirk Hamilton (Inge Arends), En lejemorders kugle, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
    Han havde et par briller med messingstel siddende yderst ude på næsen, ...He had a pair of brass-frame glasses sitting at the tip of his nose, ...
** 2018, Bent Jørgensen, Børnenes bog om skildpadder og akvariefisk, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Det bedste akvarium er et såkaldt stel-akvarium. Det har et stel af rustfrit stål eller jern, bunden er også af metal, og på de fire sider er der med særligt kit indsat fire glasruder.The best aquarium is a so-called frame-aquarium. It has a frame of stainless steel or iron, the bottom is also of metal, and on the four sides, four glass panes are attached with a special kind of putty.
* a collection of crockery with a shared theme or colour scheme

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛl

### Noun

stel n (plural stellen, diminutive stelletje n)
* couple, pair
* group, set, collection
* (informal) a couple (of), a few

#### Derived terms

* bankstel

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: setèl
* → Papiamentu: stèl, stel

### Verb

stel
* inflection of stellen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* Lets, slet

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

stel
* inflection of stela:
** present
** imperative

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stel/

### Verb

stel
* singular imperative of stelan

## Old Norse
### Verb

stel
* inflection of stela:
** first-person singular present indicative active
** second-person singular imperative active

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish stirder, styrdher, from Old Norse stirðr, from Proto-Germanic *sterþjaz,, from Proto-Indo-European *ster (“strong, steady”).
The sound change of Old Norse /rð/ to /l/, which affected central and northern Sweden, is typically not reflected in writing, the spelling of this word and a few other being exceptions. Compare hin håle and utböling (from ON. *hinn harði and *útbyrðing respectively)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /steːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

stel (comparative stelare, superlative stelast)
* stiff, unbending, inflexible
* (slang) very strict and formal (to a fault)
* (slang) awkward
    Det vart så stelt när han blev totaldissad på dansgolvet.It was so awkward when he got super dissed on the dance floor.

#### Inflection

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Related terms

* stelna
* stelnad

### References

* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1022-27”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1022-27

### Anagrams

* slet

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [stel]

### Noun

stel (nominative plural stels)
* star (astronomy)
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: II:Kiöpo reg änu pemotöl Yudanas binom-li? Elogobs in lofüd steli omik, ed ekömobs ad stimodön omi.Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage.

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* bevüstelik
* bioskopahistelan
* bioskopajistelan
* bioskopastelan
* dugastel
* fimastel
* gödastel
* histelan
* histelavan
* jistelan
* jistelavan
* läbastel
* pebastel
* soarastel
* steläd
* stelan
* stelastaned
* stelav
* stelavan
* stelavik
* stelem
* stelik
* stelikult
* stelil
* stelilem
* stelön
* stelül
* vienüdastel
* vienüdastel kompada

#### See also

* galaxid
* mun
* planet
* sol
* tal