steeg

• IPA^(key): /steːx/

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• Hyphenation: steeg
• Rhymes: -eːx
• Homophone: Steeg

From Middle Dutch steech, stege, from Old Dutch steyga, *stega (“stairway”), from Proto-Germanic *stigǭ (“staircase; ladder”). Cognate with Middle Low German stēge, Old High German stega. More distantly related to Old High German steiga (from Proto-Germanic *staigō-) and German Steg (from Proto-Germanic *stiga-).

steeg f (plural stegen, diminutive steegje n)

1. An alleyway; a lane (between walls, fencing, etc.); a bystreet.

   Ze wachtten hem op in een steegje.

   They awaited him in an alley.

• Afrikaans: steeg

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

steeg

1. singular past indicative of stijgen

• geest, stege