stoop
English
/stuːp/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (US) The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish stoep (pavement, sidewalk, platform).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
stoep
Gloss
pavement, sidewalk, platform
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astoop English
- ball English
- stoopball English
- stooper English
- stoopest English
- stoopeth English
- stoopless English
- stoopwork English
- stoopy English
- stoep Dutch, Flemish
- stoephoer Dutch, Flemish
- stoepier Dutch, Flemish
- stoepkrijt Dutch, Flemish
- stoeprand Dutch, Flemish
- stuipen Dutch, Flemish
- stoep Middle Dutch
- stupen Middle Dutch
- stoep Afrikaans
- stupu Sranan Tongo