Stück

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Meaning

  1. (invariable, neuter, strong) one, item, piece (of something countable; often untranslated in English)
  2. (invariable, neuter, strong) head (a single animal)
  3. (declinable, invariable, neuter, strong) piece (portion of something bigger or of an uncountable mass)
  4. (neuter, strong) Something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films)
  5. (neuter, strong) a person, often female
  6. (neuter, obsolete, strong) piece (artillery gun)

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

schnäfeli

Aargau

Aargau

schnäfu

Aargau

Aargau

stück

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stigg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stugg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃtʏk/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognate with Hunsrik Stick, Dutch stuk, Luxembourgish Stéck, Yiddish שטיק (shtik), dialectal English steck (“piece”). Doublet of Stuck.

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