Stoff

== 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/ === Noun === Stoff m (strong, genitive Stoffes or Stoffs, plural Stoffe) stuff, matter, substance (education) the contents of a learning programme Synonyms: Unterrichtsstoff, Lehrstoff Es gibt dieses Semester viel Stoff durchzunehmen. ― There's a lot of material to cover this semester. (chemistry) substance cloth, fabric, material (slang, uncountable) dope (narcotic drugs) (bodybuilding, slang) juice, performance-enhancing substances auf Stoff ― on juice ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Macedonian: штоф (štof) → Russian: штоф (štof) → English: shtof → Polish: sztof → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: што̏ф Latin script: štȍf → Kashubian: sztof → Silesian: sztof ==== See also ==== Mittel Substanz Material Gewebe Textil Tuch === Further reading === “Stoff”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Stoff” in Duden online == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃtof/ Rhymes: -of === Noun === Stoff m (plural Stoffer) alternative form of Stoft ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Stoff in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire == Plautdietsch == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German stof, from Proto-Germanic *staubaz. Cognate with German Staub. ==== Noun ==== Stoff n dust ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== steewen === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Stoff. ==== Noun ==== Stoff n matter, material, substance ===== Derived terms =====