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Suure-Lähtru mõisa peatrepp

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German treppe, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *trappā. First attested in 1637.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtrepː/, [ˈtrepː]
  • Rhymes: -epː
  • Hyphenation: trepp

Noun

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trepp (genitive trepi, partitive treppi)

  1. stair, staircase (a staggered system of levels at different heights to allow movement)
    lai treppa wide staircase
    liikuv treppescalator (literally, “moving stairs”)
    Trepp on järsk.The stairs are steep
    Läks trepist üles.(S)he went upstairs.
    Tuli trepist alla.(S)he came downstairs.

Declension

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Declension of trepp (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative trepp trepid
accusative nom.
gen. trepi
genitive treppide
partitive treppi treppe
treppisid
illative treppi
trepisse
treppidesse
trepesse
inessive trepis treppides
trepes
elative trepist treppidest
trepest
allative trepile treppidele
trepele
adessive trepil treppidel
trepel
ablative trepilt treppidelt
trepelt
translative trepiks treppideks
trepeks
terminative trepini treppideni
essive trepina treppidena
abessive trepita treppideta
comitative trepiga treppidega

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Compounds

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References

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  • trepp in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • trepp”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • Jüri Viikberg (2016) “trepp”, in [ASL] Alamsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [Low German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary)