Stab

Meaning

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

Frequency

C1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃtaːp/
Etymology

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.

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