stoep

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans stoep, from Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep. Doublet of stoop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

stoep (plural stoeps)

1. A raised veranda in front of a house.
   • 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1501:

     To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows.

   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 89:

     On the stoep an old man was moving about on hands and knees with red polish and brushes and dirty cloths.

   • 1983, J. M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K, Secker & Warburg, published 1983, page 18:

     Why should the Police want us to spend nights hiding on other people's stoeps and beg in the streets and make a nuisance of ourselves?

Related terms

• stoop

Anagrams

• stope, potes, Topes, topes, pesto, estop, Petos, T pose, septo-, Poets, T-pose, poset, e-stop, ETOPS, Potes, poets

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stup/

Noun

stoep (plural stoepe)

1. stoep, stoop, raised platform or veranda in front of a house

Descendants

• → English: stoep

Dutch

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stup/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stoep
• Rhymes: -up

Noun

stoep f (plural stoepen, diminutive stoepje n)

1. pavement, footpath, sidewalk

   Synonyms: trottoir, voetpad

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

Derived terms

• stoepbank
• stoephoer
• stoepier
• stoeprand
• stoepsteen
• stoeptegel

Related terms

• stap
• stappen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stoep
  • → English: stoep
• → English: stoop
• → Papiamentu: stupi, stoepi
• → Sranan Tongo: stupu
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: stupu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: stupu

Anagrams

• pesto, poets, poste, spote