stapelweise
Translation
in stacks, in piles, by the batch
Examples
Die Briefe kamen stapelweise an.
The letters arrived in stacks.
Er hat die Bücher stapelweise gekauft.
He bought the books by the stack.
Grammar Patterns
((...)) + Verb to do sth. in stacks The files are lying in stacks on the table.
Similar Words
Synonyms: haufenweise (in heaps), massenhaft (in masses)
Etymology
From 'Stapel' (stack, pile) and the suffix '-weise' (-wise, in the manner of). Literally 'stack-wise'.
Memory Tips
Imagine a stapler ('Stapler' in German sounds similar) used on a huge 'Stapel' (stack) of paper. Things are arriving 'stapelweise'.