Stock
German, noun/ʃtɔk/
Stock is spelled S-T-O-C-K (5 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stock is a German masculine noun meaning “stick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller twigs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand, meist aus Holz”.
What does Stock mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestick (solid, wooden, broken off twig or small branch mostly clear of leaves or smaller twigs)
Schau mal, ich habe einen Stock gefunden, der wie ein Schwert aussieht.
- 2
masculinestick, staff (length of wood or other hard material that is being used as an aid in movement, e.g. in hiking or skiiing)
Ich weiß nicht, wo ich den Stock gelassen habe; haben Sie ihn nicht gesehen?
- 3
masculinefloor, storey, level
im dritten Stock
- 4
masculinestock, supply (but only in some contexts and much less common than in English)
- 5
masculinepile of undealt cards, deck
- 6
masculinethe entirety of roots of a plant; stock
- 7
masculineellipsis of Bienenstock: hive, beehive
prefix
- 1
colloquialvery (used to emphasize)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand, meist aus Holz 2. oberirdischer Trieb einer Pflanze 3. Vorrat, zum Beispiel an Waren; Talon 4. umfangreiche, unregelmäßig geformte Gesteinsmasse
prefix: 1. verstärkend im Sinn von völlig, sehr
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 Stock
- Stockes genitive
- Stocks genitive
- Stöcke plural
- Stöcker colloquial plural regional
- Stöckchen diminutive neuter
- Stöcklein diminutive neuter
- Stockerl diminutive neuter
- Stocke dative singular
- Stöcken dative definite plural
- Stöckern colloquial dative definite
- Stok alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stock?
- /ʃtɔk/
- [ʃtɔk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Stock
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stock in German?
Stock appears 22 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).