stappen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.pə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: stap‧pen
- Rhymes: -ɑpən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch stappen, from Old Dutch *stappen, *steppen, from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną. By surface analysis, stap + -en. The sense to go out may derive from op stap (“on the town; out”).
Verb
stappen
- to march
- Synonym: marcheren
- to step
- Synonym: schrijden
- (Netherlands) to go out on the town
- Synonym: uitgaan
- Een hele dag gestapt en nog energie over om te gaan stappen?
- You’ve been walking all day but still you feel like partying?
- Heeft iemand van jullie misschien leuke tips om in Antwerpen te gaan stappen?
- Do any of you have any tips on where we can go out in Antwerp?
- (chiefly Belgium) to walk
Conjugation
| Conjugation of stappen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stappen | |||
| past singular | stapte | |||
| past participle | gestapt | |||
| infinitive | stappen | |||
| gerund | stappen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | stap | stapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | stapt, stap2 | stapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | stapt | stapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | stapt | stapte | ||
| 3rd person singular | stapt | stapte | ||
| plural | stappen | stapten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | stappe | stapte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | stappen | stapten | ||
| imperative sing. | stap | |||
| imperative plur.1 | stapt | |||
| participles | stappend | gestapt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- aanstappen
- achteruitstappen
- afstappen
- bestappen
- binnenstappen
- buitenstappen
- doorstappen
- droogstappen
- heenstappen
- instappen
- langsstappen
- misstappen
- nastappen
- nederstappen
- omstappen
- onderstappen
- ontstappen
- opstappen
- opzijstappen
- overstappen
- rondstappen
- tegenstappen
- terugstappen
- toestappen
- uitstappen
- verstappen
- voorbijstappen
- vooropstappen
- voorstappen
- voortstappen
- vooruitstappen
- wegstappen
Descendants
- Negerhollands: stap
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
stappen
- plural of stap
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *stappen, *steppen, from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan.
Verb
stappen
- to step
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: stappen
Further reading
- “stappen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stappen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
stappen
- alternative form of steppen
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
stappen m or f
- definite masculine singular of stappe