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Steg.

A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards.

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noun/ʃteːk/[ʃteːkʰ]
  1. A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards.

    masculine · strong
  2. a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects. the saddle or bridge of a stringed instrument

    broadly · masculine · strong
  3. a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects. the bridge of a pair of glasses

    broadly · masculine · strong
  4. a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects. a foot strap or stirrup on leggings

    broadly · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

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.

name/ʃteːk/[ʃteːkʰ]
  1. a village in Triesenberg, Liechtenstein

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

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.

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