Stempel

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Stempel.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German Stempel or Dutch stempel, akin to Old English stempan (“to stamp”), all from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze, stamp”).

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