stift

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥ifd̥]

stift

1. neuter singular of stiv

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥efd̥]

stift n (singular definite stiftet, plural indefinite stifter)

1. a diocese (a church unit led by a bishop), a bishopric

stift c (singular definite stiften, plural indefinite stifter)

1. a replaceable graphite core for a pencil or propelling pencil

   Stiften er gået i stykker!

   The lead has broken!

Inherited from Middle Dutch stifte, from Middle High German stift, from Old High German stift, from Proto-West Germanic *stift.

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stift f (plural stiften, diminutive stiftje n)

1. graphite core of a pencil
2. a felt-tip pen, a marker
3. a chip (in football)

• → Caribbean Javanese: setif, setip
• → Papiamentu: steft

stift

1. inflection of stiften:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

From Middle Low German stift, steft, corresponds to German Stift m.

stift m (definite singular stiften, indefinite plural stifter, definite plural stiftene)

1. a tack, pin, wire nail, staple, needle (gramophone, record player)
2. lead (for pencils)
3. (gymnastics) handspring: slå stiften - do a handspring

• leppestift
• stifte (verb)

From Middle Low German stift, stifte.

stift n (definite singular stiftet, indefinite plural stift, definite plural stifta or stiftene)

1. (obsolete) a diocese

stift

1. imperative of stifte

• “stift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “stift_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “stift_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Middle Low German stift, steft, corresponds to German Stift m.

stift m (definite singular stiften, indefinite plural stiftar, definite plural stiftane)

1. a tack, pin, wire nail, staple, needle (gramophone, record player)
2. lead (for pencils)
3. (gymnastics) handspring: slå stiften - do a handspring

• leppestift
• stifte (verb)

From Middle Low German stift, stifte.

stift n (definite singular stiftet, indefinite plural stift, definite plural stifta)

1. (obsolete) a diocese

• “stift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Borrowed from Middle Low German stift, steft, a variant of stippen (“to nick”). Cognate of German Stift.

stift n

1. a small, thin (metal) object (often used to fasten or connect something)
   1. a prong, a tongue (of a belt buckle)
   2. a prong (on an electric plug or the like)
   3. (electronics) a pin
   4. a lead (in a pencil, especially a mechanical pencil (stiftpenna))
   5. a stick (of lipstick, deodorant, mosquito repellent, or the like)

      Synonyms: (lipstick) läppstift, (deodorant stick) deodorantstift, (mosquito repellent stick) myggstift

   6. a needle, a stylus (on a phonograph or the like)

      Synonyms: (phonograph needle) grammofonstift, (more common for more modern record players) nål (“needle”)

      En sådan här skiva till och jag måste byta stift

      Another party/record like this and I need to change diocese/needle (pun)

2. (botany) the style of a pistil

• nål
• sprint
• ten

Borrowed from Middle Low German sticht, stift. Cognate of German Stift. More details at stifta.

stift n

1. a diocese,^[1] a bishopric, a see (region administered by a bishop, especially in Sweden)

   Kalmar stift

   diocese of Kalmar

• stifta
• stiftelse

• stift in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stift in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stift in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stift in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)