stekel

From Middle Dutch stekel, from Proto-Germanic *stiklaz, *stikilaz (“sting, stinger, peak, cup, goblet”), related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). Cognate with English stickle, Icelandic stikill, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls) (whence Russian стекло́ (stekló, “glass”), Lithuanian sti̇̀klas).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteː.kəl/

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• Hyphenation: ste‧kel
• Rhymes: -eːkəl

stekel m (plural stekels, diminutive stekeltje n)

1. prickle (small, sharp pointed object)
2. spine (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell or plant, not a thorn)

• Negerhollands: steekel, stikl

stekel (comparative stekeler, superlative stekelst)

1. rabid (affected with rabies)

stekel c

1. a hymenopteron (any insect of the order Hymenoptera)
2. (in the plural "steklar") the Hymenoptera

• stekel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stekel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stekel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)