Stufe
See also: stufe
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German stuofe, from Old High German stuofa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”).
Akin to Old Saxon stōpo. Cognate with Dutch stoep. More at stoop.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Stufe f (genitive Stufe, plural Stufen)
- step, tread (of a stair or ladder)
- degree, stage, level, rank, phase
- (school, short for Jahrgangsstufe) year (all pupils of a year or grade, regardless of forms)
- (mining) an aggregation of standalone and well-crystallized mineral
- (paleontology, geology) age
Declension edit
Declension of Stufe [feminine]
Hyponyms edit
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Further reading edit
- “Stufe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stufe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stufe” in Duden online
- Stufe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de