stock-

See also: stock, Stock, Stöck, and -stock

German

Etymology

From Stock (“stick, staff”). Originally in forms like stocksteif (literally “stick-stiff”), stockstill (literally “stick-still”), then generalised. Compare the same in stein-.

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Prefix

stock-

  1. (colloquial) very (used to emphasize)
    stockbesoffen (very drunk, wasted, plastered)
    stockdunkel, stockduster, stockfinster (pitch black)
    stocksteif (very stiff, very formal)
    stockschwul (blatantly gay, homosexual)
    stocktaub (deaf as a post)

Derived terms
German terms prefixed with stock-

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of Danish stok-, Norwegian stokk-, German stock-.

Prefix

stock-

  1. extremely, absolutely

Derived terms
Swedish terms prefixed with stock-

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