stuks

Stuks is the plural form of the Dutch noun stuk and is used as a counting unit for discrete, individual items. It appears frequently in everyday language, retail, logistics, and price lists to indicate how many separate pieces of an object are being referred to.

Usage and examples:

- A single unit is een stuk; when counting several items, stuks is commonly used after numerals. Examples: drie stuks brood, vijf stuks kaas, tien stuks fruit.

- Stuk can also appear in other plural forms (stukken) in ordinary language, but when the focus is on quantity for sales or inventory, stuks is the standard unit in many contexts.

Relationship to other terms:

- Per stuk means per piece, a common way to express pricing or quantity.

- Stuk as a general word can refer to a portion or piece of something, whereas stuks specifically marks a count of individual items in transactional or inventory contexts.

Origin and scope:

- Stuk comes from Dutch and shares cognates with the German Stück and the English word piece. It denotes a part of a whole or a tangible item.

- Stuks is not a fixed measurement like liters or kilograms; it is a count unit used for items that can be individually separated and sold.

Context and usage notes:

- The term is widely used in the Netherlands and in Dutch-speaking parts of Belgium (Flanders) and is standard in commerce, packaging, and stock control.

- In formal writing, clarity about the exact nature of the items can determine whether to use stuks or another counting form, but stuks remains the common retail and logistical convention.