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stoep.

pavement, footpath, sidewalk

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/stup/
  1. pavement, footpath, sidewalk

    feminine
  2. stoop, platform before a (major) door into a building, doorstep

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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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