stäpp

Swedish

Etymology

From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ). Used in Swedish since 1817.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stɛp/

Noun

stäpp c

steppe

Declension

Declension of stäpp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stäpp	stäppen	stäpper	stäpperna
Genitive	stäpps	stäppens	stäppers	stäppernas

References

stäpp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
stäpp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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