# der Stall

der Stall is a German noun meaning “stable”. Forms: des Stalles, die Ställe.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Stalles
- Plural: die Ställe

## In other languages

- Русский: стойло, хлев, конюшня

## Meanings

1. stable, sty, shed, barn (building for keeping animals of all sorts); stall, sty (compartment within such a building); (loosely) pen (small outdoors area for keeping animals, properly Pferch)
2. _archaic_ synonym of Stelle, place something is situated, stead (occasionally with implication that something is “standing”, gestellt)
3. _archaic · dialectal_ stale, i.e. the urine of horses or their act of urination (so called because they micturate, stallen, while standing, whereas they defecate in locomotion)
4. _short-form_ ruined castle site
   - Ein Stall, genannt Burgstall, befindet sich südlich von Passau.
5. _short-form · Automobilsport · Radsport_ racing stable; racing team
6. _short-form · Boxsport_ boxing agency
7. _short-form · Pferdesport_ stud farm
8. _short-form_ zipper; zip; fly
   - Wenn ein Stall klemmt, kann es peinlich werden.

## Examples

- Die Schweine sind nicht im Stall. — The pigs aren't in the pen.
- Das Pferd steht im Stall. — The horse is in the barn.
- Er macht den Stall sauber. — He cleans the stable.
- Die Ziegen meckerten im Stall. — The goats bleated in the barn.
- Tom führte das Pferd aus dem Stall. — Tom led the horse out of his stable.

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