steppen

Meaning

  1. (weak) to sew a straight seam with narrow stitches
  2. (broadly, weak) to quilt

Frequency

30k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtɛpən/
Etymology

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.

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