Feminine

Staffel

Meaning

  1. (feminine) season
  2. (feminine) detachment, squadron, echelon; (sports) relay
  3. (Upper-German, feminine) staircase, stairs
  4. (Upper-German, feminine) stair

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtafl̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German staffel, from Old High German staffal, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stapul (“pillar, post, basis, foundation”). Doublet of Etappe and Stapel. Compare English staple.

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