Stab

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See also: stab, STAB, stáb, and štab

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German stap, stab, from Old High German stab, from Proto-West Germanic *stab.

Cognate with English staff, Dutch staf, Swedish stav, Old Norse stafr. The meaning co-workers is secondary: in the German word Generalstab (“General Staff”) the meaning changed from the staff as a symbol of authority to the group of military officers and later to any group of co-workers.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Stab m (strong, genitive Stabes or Stabs, plural Stäbe, diminutive Stäbchen n)

  1. rod, staff, baton
  2. staff (employees)
  3. (heraldry) palet

Declension[edit]

Declension of Stab [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stab die Stäbe
genitive eines des Stabes, Stabs der Stäbe
dative einem dem Stab, Stabe1 den Stäben
accusative einen den Stab die Stäbe

1Now rare, see notes.

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Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: sztab m
  • Russian: штаб m (štab)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Stab”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

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