stepen

See also: степень

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stêpeːn/
• Hyphenation: ste‧pen

Noun

stȅpēn m (Cyrillic spelling сте̏пе̄н)

1. (geometry, physics, mathematics, Bosnia, Serbia) degree

   danas u hladu do 41 stepen Celzijusa

   today in the shade up to 41 degrees Celsius

2. level
3. stage
4. extent
5. grade
6. exponent

Usage notes

While this word finds occasional usage in border dialects in Croatian, the standard word is stȗpanj.

Declension

Declension of stepen

	singular	plural
nominative	stepen	stepeni
genitive	stepena	stepeni
dative	stepenu	stepenima
accusative	stepen	stepene
vocative	stepene	stepeni
locative	stepenu	stepenima
instrumental	stepenom	stepenima

Synonyms

• stȗpanj (Croatian)

Derived terms

• pòstepeno

Further reading

• “stepen”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025