Stift

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɪft/
• Rhymes: -ɪft

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From Middle High German stift, steft, from Old High German stift, steft, from Proto-West Germanic *stift, from Proto-Germanic *stiftaz (“pin, nail”); likely derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyp- (“stiff, erect”), whence also German steif (“stiff”). Cognate with German Low German Stift.

Stift m (strong, genitive Stiftes or Stifts, plural Stifte)

1. pin (short rod of metal, wood etc., used e.g. for fastening)

   Hyponyms: Holzstift, Metallstift, Kunststoffstift

2. pencil, pen, stylus (includes all rod-shaped writing implements other than fountain pens, though even these may be included informally)

   Hyponyms: Bleistift, Buntstift, Filzstift, Kugelschreiber, Wachsmalstift

3. (informal, dated) a boy, especially an apprentice

• Buntstift
• Bleistift
• Filzstift
• stiftartig

Back-formation from stiften; compare Dutch sticht.

Stift n (strong, genitive Stiftes or Stifts, plural Stifte or Stifter)

1. endowed monastery
2. secular convent
3. collegial body
4. ecclesiastical donation (fund of estates)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtift/

Stift m (plural Stift)

1. pin
2. pen

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