Stufe

Meaning

  1. (feminine) step, tread (of a stair or ladder)
  2. (feminine) degree, stage, level, rank, phase
  3. (feminine) year (all pupils of a year or grade, regardless of forms)
  4. (feminine) an aggregation of standalone and well-crystallized mineral
  5. (feminine) age

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dritt

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stapfle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stueffe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtuː.fə/
Etymology

From Middle High German stuofe, from Old High German stuofa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”). Akin to Old Saxon stōpo. Cognate with Dutch stoep. More at stoop.

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