Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A vast, cold, dry, grassy plain.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/stɛp/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ).

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