steppen
Danish
editNoun
editsteppen c
German
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsteppen (weak, third-person singular present steppt, past tense steppte, past participle gesteppt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | steppen | ||||
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present participle | steppend | ||||
past participle | gesteppt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich steppe | wir steppen | i | ich steppe | wir steppen |
du steppst | ihr steppt | du steppest | ihr steppet | ||
er steppt | sie steppen | er steppe | sie steppen | ||
preterite | ich steppte | wir steppten | ii | ich steppte1 | wir steppten1 |
du stepptest | ihr stepptet | du stepptest1 | ihr stepptet1 | ||
er steppte | sie steppten | er steppte1 | sie steppten1 | ||
imperative | stepp (du) steppe (du) |
steppt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editEarly 20th century, from English step. Either directly from the verb or by backformation from Stepptanz, from English step dance.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsteppen (weak, third-person singular present steppt, past tense steppte, past participle gesteppt, auxiliary haben)
- to step-dance, (especially) to tap-dance
Conjugation
editinfinitive | steppen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | steppend | ||||
past participle | gesteppt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich steppe | wir steppen | i | ich steppe | wir steppen |
du steppst | ihr steppt | du steppest | ihr steppet | ||
er steppt | sie steppen | er steppe | sie steppen | ||
preterite | ich steppte | wir steppten | ii | ich steppte1 | wir steppten1 |
du stepptest | ihr stepptet | du stepptest1 | ihr stepptet1 | ||
er steppte | sie steppten | er steppte1 | sie steppten1 | ||
imperative | stepp (du) steppe (du) |
steppt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English stæppan, steppan, from Proto-West Germanic *stappjan, from Proto-Germanic *stapjaną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsteppen (transitive, intransitive)
- To step; to place one's foot down.
- To step onto; to lift one's foot onto a higher place.
- To go; to walk or move:
- To go to a specified location; to travel or take oneself.
- (figurative) To move onwards; to keep doing something .
Usage notes
editThis verb tends to become weak in later Middle English.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | (to) steppen, steppe | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | steppe | stop, step, stap, stepped | |
2nd-person singular | steppest | stope, stepe, stop, step, stap, steppedest | |
3rd-person singular | steppeth | stop, step, stap, stepped | |
subjunctive singular | steppe | stope1, stepe1, stepped1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | steppen, steppe | stopen, stope, stepen, stepe, steppeden, steppede | |
imperative plural | steppeth, steppe | — | |
participles | steppynge, steppende | stapen, stape, stopen, stope, stepped |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “steppen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-22.
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editsteppen m
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