Stufe

See also: stufe

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)

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

Declension of Stufe [feminine]

	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

Hyponyms

Alarmstufe
Bergstufe
Entwicklungsstufe
Erfahrungsstufe
Gebirgsstufe
Gehaltsstufe
Geländestufe
Gesellschaftsstufe
Grundstufe
Höhenstufe
Mittelstufe
Oberstufe
Oxidationsstufe
Schichtstufe
Sprachstufe
Treppenstufe
Unterstufe
Vegetationsstufe
Verschlüsselungsstufe
Waldstufe
Zwischenstufe

Derived terms

Related terms

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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