Steg

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine, strong) A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards.
2. (broadly, masculine, strong) a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects.
3. (broadly, masculine, strong) a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects.
4. (broadly, masculine, strong) a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects.

Name

a village in Triesenberg, Liechtenstein

Concepts

web

bridge

web plate

footbridge

path

🛣️

pathway

track

trail

gangboard

runway

small bridge

balk

baulk

gangplank

landing-stage

margin

foot-path

Synonyms

Pfad

🛣️

Steig

Fußweg

Kabine

Trampelpfad

Landungsbrücke

Weg

🛣️

Balken

Laufsteg

Landungssteg

Straßenüberführung

Strebe

Überführung

vorübergehend

Wildwechsel

Papierrand

Kopfsteg

Bundsteg

Außensteg

Fußsteg

Buchrand

Zeitungsrand

Bretterweg

Bremssteg

Stegblech

Wetterkreuz

Wetterbrücke

Wellfleisch

Siedfleisch

Stegfleisch

Kesselfleisch

Bügel

Diele

erträglich

Fußgängerbrücke

Kanalisation

Passage

Planke

Seil

🪢

Spint

Translations

loopbrug

pad

🛣️

sentier

🛣️

bruggetje

passerella

sentiero

🛣️

sendero

senda

passerelle

trilho

loopplank

entretoise

paadje

beco

atalho

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃteːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German: steg

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰

Cognate with Russian: стезя́

Cognate with Lithuanian: stiga

Cognate with Ancient Greek: στίχος

Cognate with Albanian: shteg

In summary

From Old High German steg. Germanic cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰 (staiga, “way”), non-Germanic ones: Russian стезя́ (stezjá), Lithuanian stiga, Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos), Albanian shteg.