Stack

See also: stack

English

Proper noun

Stack

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• ATCKs, Tacks, sackt, tacks

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German Stack, from Middle Low German stak. Probably related with stāke (“stake”). Possibly influenced by stacket (“stockade, picket fence”), itself from also related Old French estakete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtak/

Noun

Stack n (mixed, genitive Stacks or Stackes, plural Stacken)

1. (Northern Germany, uncommon outside compounds) groyne, breakwater

   Synonyms: Buhne, Kribbe

Declension

Declension of Stack [neuter, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Stack	die	Stacken
genitive	eines	des	Stacks, Stackes	der	Stacken
dative	einem	dem	Stack, Stacke1	den	Stacken
accusative	ein	das	Stack	die	Stacken

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Stackbusch
• Stackdeich
• Stackwerk

Related terms

• Stake
• Staket
• Stakete

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English stack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛk/

Noun

Stack m (strong, genitive Stacks, plural Stacks)

1. (computing) synonym of Stapelspeicher (“stack memory”)

Declension

Declension of Stack [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stack	die	Stacks
genitive	eines	des	Stacks	der	Stacks
dative	einem	dem	Stack	den	Stacks
accusative	einen	den	Stack	die	Stacks

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

Cognate with German Stock, Dutch stok, English stock, Icelandic stokkur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtɑk]
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

Stack m (plural Stäck)

1. floor, storey, level
2. apartment block
3. potted plant
4. bush, shrub
5. tree trunk
6. block (of an executioner, butcher, etc.)
7. hive, beehive