Noun
der Stock
Pronunciation: /ʃtɔk/
floor, storey, level
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rank #2,309
plural Stock
Meanings
Noun
- floor, storey, level
- stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller twigs)
- stick, staff (length of wood or other hard material that is being used as an aid in movement, e.g. in hiking or skiiing)
- stock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
Example sentence
Die Praxis liegt im dritten Stock.
The doctor's office is on the third floor.
Word forms
Noun
singular
der Stock
plural with numbers
zwei Stock
Noun
singular
der Stock
plural
die Stöcke
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Stock
Accusativeden Stock
Dativedem Stock
Genitivedes Stockes
Plural with numbers: zwei Stock. Otherwise: Stockwerke.
Usage
- im zweiten Stock — on the second floor; location in dative
- ein Stock höher — one floor up; Stockwerk is an equivalent noun in this sense
Der Aufzug fährt nur bis zum vierten Stock.
The lift only goes up to the fourth floor.