stoep
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stuːp/
- Rhymes: -uːp
Noun
stoep (plural stoeps)
- A raised veranda in front of a house.
- 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1501:
- To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 89:
- On the stoep an old man was moving about on hands and knees with red polish and brushes and dirty cloths.
- 1983, J. M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K, Secker & Warburg, 1983, p. 18:
- Why should the Police want us to spend nights hiding on other people's stoeps and beg in the streets and make a nuisance of ourselves?
- 1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier’, Norton 2005, p. 1501:
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stoep. Cognate to German Stufe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stup/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stoep
- Rhymes: -up
Noun
stoep f (plural stoepen, diminutive stoepje n)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.