Stack

See also: stack

English

Proper noun

Stack

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German Stack, from Middle Low German stak. Probably related with stāke (“stake”). Possibly influenced by stacket (“stockade, picket fence”), itself from also related Old French estakete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtak/

Noun

Stack n (mixed, genitive Stacks or Stackes, plural Stacken)

  1. (Northern Germany, uncommon outside compounds) groyne, breakwater
    Synonyms: Buhne, Kribbe
Declension
Declension of Stack [neuter, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Stack die Stacken
genitive eines des Stacks, Stackes der Stacken
dative einem dem Stack, Stacke1 den Stacken
accusative ein das Stack die Stacken

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English stack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛk/

Noun

Stack m (strong, genitive Stacks, plural Stacks)

  1. (computing) synonym of Stapelspeicher (“stack memory”)
Declension
Declension of Stack [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stack die Stacks
genitive eines des Stacks der Stacks
dative einem dem Stack den Stacks
accusative einen den Stack die Stacks

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

Cognate with German Stock, Dutch stok, English stock, Icelandic stokkur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃtɑk]
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

Stack m (plural Stäck)

  1. floor, storey, level
  2. apartment block
  3. potted plant
  4. bush, shrub
  5. tree trunk
  6. block (of an executioner, butcher, etc.)
  7. hive, beehive
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