stapelen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stapelen, borrowed from Middle Low German stapelen, related to the noun stapel, from Old Saxon stapol (“basis, pillar, foundation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstaː.pə.lə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: sta‧pe‧len
Verb
stapelen
- (transitive) to pile, to stack
- (intransitive, particularly of secondary and tertiary education, Netherlands) to complete multiple tracks/variants of education at the same educational level (i.e. at secondary or tertiary education)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of stapelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stapelen | |||
| past singular | stapelde | |||
| past participle | gestapeld | |||
| infinitive | stapelen | |||
| gerund | stapelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | stapel | stapelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stapelt, stapel2 | stapelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stapelt | stapelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stapelt | stapelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | stapelt | stapelde | ||
| plural | stapelen | stapelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | stapele | stapelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | stapelen | stapelden | ||
| imperative sing. | stapel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stapelt | |||
| participles | stapelend | gestapeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- opstapelen
- stapelaar
- stapelbaar
- stapelbed
- stapelcontainer
- stapeldiagram
- stapeling
- stapelledikant
- stapelstoel
- stapeltaart
- stapeltoren
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: stapel
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃtˈaːpələn]
Verb
stapelen (third-person singular present stapelt, past participle gestapelt, auxiliary verb hunn)