step

Bedeutung (English)

Synonyms

take a step

tread on

stamp on

take/make a step

make a step

stone’s throw

short distance

tread down

foot-print

jump over

put on top

side-step

sudden change

some years ago

step over something

measure by footsteps

data track

tramp down

stair step

cut steps

flash-up

move a step

hand span

step flyer

pro jump

flight of stairs

rundle

Frequenz

A2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/stɛp/
Etymologie (English)

In summary

From Middle English steppen, from Old English steppan (“to step, go, proceed, advance”), stepe (“step”), from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną (“to step”), *stapiz (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to support, stomp, curse, be amazed”). Cognate with West Frisian stappe (“to step”), North Frisian stape (“to walk, trudge”), Dutch stappen (“to step, walk”), Walloon steper (“to walk away, leave”), German stapfen (“to trudge, stomp, plod”) and further to Slavic Polish stąpać (“to stomp, stamp, step, tread”), Russian ступать (stupatʹ) and Polish stopień (“step, stair, rung, degree”), Russian степень (stepenʹ). Related to stamp, stomp.

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