stempel

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noun

A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.

OriginLow German Stempel ← Dutch stempel ← Proto-West Germanic *stampōn →
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Meanings

stempel1

nounstempel (plural stempels)

plural stempels · alternative stemple

  1. businessA shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.

Stempel2

proper nounStempel (plural Stempels)

plural Stempels

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

stempel · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*stampōną“to compress, squeeze, stamp”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*stampōn
  3. Dutchstempel
  4. Low GermanStempel
  5. Englishstempel

Borrowed from Low German Stempel or Dutch stempel, akin to Old English stempan (“to stamp”), all from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze, stamp”).

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Stempel · proper noun

  1. GermanStempel
  2. GermanStempel
  3. EnglishStempel

Borrowed from German Stempel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stempel

templekemple
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Anagrams

templesstemple
Cite this entry
APA

stempel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stempel

MLA

“stempel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stempel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stempel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stempel.

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