stoel

From Dutch stoel, from Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

• IPA^(key): /stul/

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stoel (plural stoele)

1. chair
2. stool

• → Nǀuu: stulsi
• → Southern Ndebele: ísítúlo
  • → Shona: chitúru, chitúro
• → Sotho: setulo
• → Swazi: sítúlo
• → Tsonga: xitulu
• → Xhosa: ísítúlo
• → Zulu: ísítúlo

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• IPA^(key): /stul/
• Hyphenation: stoel
• Rhymes: -ul

From Middle Dutch stoel, from Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stoel m (plural stoelen, diminutive stoeltje n)

1. a chair, a piece of furniture used for sitting, normally portable and having four legs
2. (by extension) any seat, from stool to throne; a dais

   Synonym: zetel

3. the base on which something rests, e.g. platform; something fixed on it, notably a workbench
4. a place of residence, headquarters, powerbase
5. (botany) a receptacle, stool, a type of stump
6. (obsolete) a confessional chair

   Synonym: biechtstoel

7. (obsolete, uncountable) fecal stool

   Synonym: stoelgang

8. (obsolete) a toadstool, a mushroom

   Synonym: paddenstoel

• Afrikaans: stoel
  • → Nǀuu: stulsi
  • → Southern Ndebele: ísítúlo
    • → Shona: chitúru, chitúro
  • → Sotho: setulo
  • → Swazi: sítúlo
  • → Tsonga: xitulu
  • → Xhosa: ísítúlo
  • → Zulu: ísítúlo
• Jersey Dutch: stûl
• Negerhollands: stoel, stul, stuel
• Skepi Creole Dutch: stool
• → Aukan: sutuu
• → Fanagalo: stul (possibly via Zulu or from English)
• → Papiamentu: stul, stoeltsje, stoeltji
• → Sranan Tongo: sturu

• kruk
• troon
• zetel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stoel

1. inflection of stoelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• loste, slote

From Old Dutch stuol, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stoel m

1. chair, seat
2. throne

• Dutch: stoel
  • Afrikaans: stoel
    • → Nǀuu: stulsi
    • → Southern Ndebele: ísítúlo
      • → Shona: chitúru, chitúro
    • → Sotho: setulo
    • → Swazi: sítúlo
    • → Tsonga: xitulu
    • → Xhosa: ísítúlo
    • → Zulu: ísítúlo
  • Jersey Dutch: stûl
  • Negerhollands: stoel, stul, stuel
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: stool
  • → Aukan: sutuu
  • → Fanagalo: stul (possibly via Zulu or from English)
  • → Papiamentu: stul, stoeltsje, stoeltji
  • → Sranan Tongo: sturu
• Limburgish: stool

• “stoel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stoel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old Frisian stōl, from Proto-West Germanic *stōl, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

stoel c (plural stuollen, diminutive stuoltsje)

1. chair, seat

• poddestoel

• “stoel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011