stoep

Meaning

  1. (feminine) pavement, footpath, sidewalk
  2. (feminine) stoop, platform before a (major) door into a building, doorstep

Frequency

C1
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stup/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoep, stoope, from Old Dutch *stōpa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”). Cognate to German Low German Stuuf, German Stufe, Old English stōpel (“footprint”).

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