uitstap
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editDeverbal from uitstappen.
Noun
edituitstap m (plural uitstappen, diminutive uitstapje n)
- (now chiefly diminutive) trip, excursion, outing
- an exit:
- the act of leaving something, sometimes an act of physically stepping or moving out of something
- the process of abandoning, phasing out
- de uitstap uit de kernenergie ― the phasing out of nuclear energy
- digression, excursion, an exposition in a larger discourse that is unrelated to tangentially related to the main subject
- (archaic) transgression, an excessive or extraordinary action
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
edituitstap