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Danish
Noun
steppen c
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German steppen, itself either borrowed from Old Saxon steppon (“to pierce, mark with stitches”) or inherited from a Central German cognate of the same. Closely related with stippen, which see.
Pronunciation
Verb
steppen (weak, third-person singular present steppt, past tense steppte, past participle gesteppt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- absteppen
- aufsteppen
- einsteppen
- Stepparbeit
- Steppdecke
- Steppjacke
- Steppnaht
- Steppstich
- zusammensteppen
Etymology 2
Early 20th century, from English step. Either directly from the verb or by backformation from Stepptanz, from English step dance.
Pronunciation
Verb
steppen (weak, third-person singular present steppt, past tense steppte, past participle gesteppt, auxiliary haben)
- to step-dance, (especially) to tap-dance
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- der Bär steppt
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English stæppan, steppan, from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
steppen (ambitransitive)
- To step; to place one's foot down.
- To step onto; to lift one's foot onto a higher place.
- To go; to walk or move:
- To go to a specified location; to travel or take oneself.
- (figurative) To move onwards; to keep doing something .
Usage notes
This verb tends to become weak in later Middle English.
Conjugation
1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or stopest, stepest, stapest.
2 Later replaced by the indicative.
3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “steppen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 October 2018.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
steppen m
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