Stockerl

German

Etymology

Stock +‎ -erl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtɔkɐl/
• Hyphenation: Sto‧ckerl
• Rhymes: -ɔkɐl

Noun

Stockerl n (strong or mixed, genitive Stockerls, plural Stockerl or Stockerln) (Austria, Bavaria)

1. stool, seat (without backrest)

   Synonyms: Hocker, Schemel

2. (sports) podium, winners' rostrum

   Synonyms: Podest, Podium; Siegerpodest, Siegerpodium; (Germany) Treppchen, Siegertreppchen

   Heute fuhr kein einziger Österreicher aufs Stockerl.

   Not a single Austrian finished on the podium today.

Usage notes

• The sport sense is familiar to non-Bavarian Germans who follow wintersports, but is otherwise unusual.

Declension

Declension of Stockerl [neuter, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Stockerl	die	Stockerl, Stockerln
genitive	eines	des	Stockerls	der	Stockerl, Stockerln
dative	einem	dem	Stockerl	den	Stockerln
accusative	ein	das	Stockerl	die	Stockerl, Stockerln

Derived terms

• Stockerlplatz

Further reading

• “Stockerl” in Duden online
• “Stockerl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Stockerl” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon