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stappen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.pə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stap‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stappen, from Old Dutch *stappen, *steppen, from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną. By surface analysis, stap + -en. The sense to go out may derive from op stap (on the town; out).

Verb

stappen

  1. to march
    Synonym: marcheren
  2. to step
    Synonym: schrijden
  3. (Netherlands) to go out on the town
    Synonym: uitgaan
    Een hele dag gestapt en nog energie over om te gaan stappen?
    You’ve been walking all day but still you feel like partying?
    Heeft iemand van jullie misschien leuke tips om in Antwerpen te gaan stappen?
    Do any of you have any tips on where we can go out in Antwerp?
  4. (chiefly Belgium) to walk
    Synonyms: gaan, lopen, wandelen
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: stap

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stappen

  1. plural of stap
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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *stappen, *steppen, from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan.

Verb

stappen

  1. to step

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

stappen

  1. alternative form of steppen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

stappen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of stappe

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