Steg

See also: steg and šteg

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃteːk/, [ʃteːkʰ]

• Audio:

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Noun

Steg m (strong, genitive Steges or Stegs, plural Stege)

1. A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards.
2. (by extension) a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects.
   1. (music) the saddle or bridge of a stringed instrument
   2. the bridge of a pair of glasses

      Synonym: Brillensteg

   3. a foot strap or stirrup on leggings

Declension

Declension of Steg [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Steg	die	Stege
genitive	eines	des	Steges, Stegs	der	Stege
dative	einem	dem	Steg, Stege1	den	Stegen
accusative	einen	den	Steg	die	Stege

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Brillensteg

Proper noun

Steg n (proper noun, genitive Stegs or (optionally with an article) Steg)

1. A village in Triesenberg, Liechtenstein

Further reading

• “Steg” in Duden online
• “Steg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Steg”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891