stapeln
German, verb
stapeln is spelled S-T-A-P-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stapeln is a German verb meaning “to pile up; to stack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Stapeln is a different word: “dative plural of Stapel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ordentlich aufeinanderlegen, einen Stapel bilden”.
What does stapeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pile up; to stack
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Stapel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ordentlich aufeinanderlegen, einen Stapel bilden 2. etwas in größerer Anzahl anhäufen; quantitativ anwachsen 3. sich zahlreich ansammeln, Haufen bilden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of stapeln
- stapelt present singular third-person
- stapelte past
- gestapelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- stapelnd participle present
- staple first-person indicative present
- stapele first-person indicative present
- stapel first-person indicative present
- stapelst indicative present second-person
- stapelest second-person singular subjunctive
- staplest second-person singular subjunctive
- stapelet plural second-person subjunctive
- staplet plural second-person subjunctive
- stapelten first-person indicative plural
- stapeltest indicative preterite second-person
- stapeltet indicative plural preterite
- staple! imperative singular
- stapele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to stapeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stapeln in German?
stapeln appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).