stelling

See also: Stelling

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Dutch stellingbor.

English stelling

Borrowed from Dutch stelling.

Noun

stelling (plural stellings)

1. A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
   • 1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 138:

     For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling.

Anagrams

• gillnets, tellings, gill nets

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stellinge. Equivalent to stellen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.lɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: stel‧ling
• Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

Noun

stelling f (plural stellingen, diminutive stellinkje n)

1. position, configuration

   Stelling van Amsterdam — Defense line of Amsterdam

2. thesis, contention
3. sentence
4. theorem
5. scaffold

   Synonym: stellage

6. shelving unit

   Synonym: stellingskast

Derived terms

• bouwstelling
• gevechtsstelling
• hoofdstelling
• leerstelling
• stellingmolen
• stellingname
• stellingoorlog
• tegenstelling
• verdedigingsstelling
• voorstelling

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: stellingi
• → Indonesian: steling
• → Guyanese Creole English: stelling

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stelling (“positioning, posturing", also "mast-step, mast hole”). Compare Icelandic stallur (“pedestal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛtliŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtliŋk

Noun

stelling f (genitive singular stellingar, nominative plural stellingar)

1. pose, stance, position, posture

Declension

Declension of stelling (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stelling	stellingin	stellingar	stellingarnar
accusative	stellingu	stellinguna	stellingar	stellingarnar
dative	stellingu	stellingunni	stellingum	stellingunum
genitive	stellingar	stellingarinnar	stellinga	stellinganna