stoep
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Afrikaans stoep, from Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep. Doublet of stoop.
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Noun edit
stoep (plural stoeps)
- 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?
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Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stoep (plural stoepe)
Descendants edit
- → English: stoep
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
stoep f (plural stoepen, diminutive stoepje n)