Stufe

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German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtuː.fə/
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Noun

Stufe f (genitive Stufe, plural Stufen)

  1. step, tread (of a stair or ladder)
  2. degree, stage, level, rank, phase
  3. (school, short for Jahrgangsstufe) year (all pupils of a year or grade, regardless of forms)
  4. (mining) an aggregation of standalone and well-crystallized mineral
  5. (paleontology, geology) age

Declension

Declension of Stufe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Stufe die Stufen
genitive einer der Stufe der Stufen
dative einer der Stufe den Stufen
accusative eine die Stufe die Stufen

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Further reading

  • “Stufe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Stufe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Stufe” in Duden online
  • Stufe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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