gestapelde

Gestapelde is a Dutch term meaning “stacked” or “piled.” It functions as the past participle of the verb stapelen and is used as an adjective to describe objects or structures that have been arranged in a stack or in layers. The form is common in everyday language as well as in more technical or architectural contexts.

In everyday usage, gestapelde describes items that have been gathered into piles, such as gestapelde kratten (stacked crates), gestapelde stenen (stacked stones), or gestapelde dozen (piled boxes). In logistics, warehousing, and shelving, the term emphasizes that goods are organized in vertical or horizontal stacks. In architecture and urban planning, phrases like gestapelde woning or gestapelde blokken refer to housing or building blocks designed with modular, stacked units or a vertically repetitive layout, conveying a sense of repetition and compactness rather than a freeform structure.

Grammatically, gestapelde is the attributive form used before a noun, agreeing in gender and number with the noun. The base participle is gestapeld; gestapelde commonly appears in definite contexts or where adjective agreement requires an -e ending.

See also: stapelen, stapel, gestapeld, gestapelde bouw, gestapelde woning.