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Stoff

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German

Etymology

First attested in the mid 17th century. Most likely borrowed from Early Modern Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, borrowed from Old French estophe, estoffe, from estoffer (to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff). The word is ultimately Germanic and was borrowed into Old French from Old High German stoffōn, itself from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, making it a doublet of stopfen (to stuff, to plug).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtɔf/
  • Audio (Germany):(file)

Noun

Stoff m (strong, genitive Stoffes or Stoffs, plural Stoffe)

  1. stuff, matter, substance
  2. (chemistry) substance
  3. cloth, fabric, material
  4. (slang, uncountable) dope (narcotic drugs)
    • 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.]:
      Aber das war die totale Angst davor, dass der Stoff zu rein, zu stark war oder aber mit Strychnin oder anderem Gift gepanscht war.
      But the real fear was that the dope was too pure, too strong or was laced with strychnine or some other poison.
  5. (bodybuilding, slang) juice, performance-enhancing substances
    auf Stoffon juice

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Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Macedonian: штоф (štof)
  • Russian: штоф (štof)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: што̏ф
    Latin script: štȍf
  • Kashubian: sztof
  • Silesian: sztof

See also

Further reading

  • Stoff” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Stoff” in Duden online
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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Noun

Stoff m (plural Stoffer)

  1. alternative form of Stoft

Derived terms

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