Besteck

Meaning

  1. cutlery
  2. silverware
  3. set of instruments
  4. position of a ship

Frequency

C2
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈʃtɛk/
Etymology

From bestecken (“to provide a thing by inserting it into another thing”), from be- + stecken. Originally referred to a case into which a set of tools was put, later shifting to refer to the tools themselves.

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