English

Noun

stoep ‎(plural stoeps)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• estop
• ETOPS
• pesto
• poets
• poset
• stope
• topes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -up
• IPA^(key): /stup/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoep. Cognate to German Stufe.

Noun

stoep f ‎(plural stoepen, diminutive stoepje n)

1. pavement
2. stoop, platform

Synonyms

• trottoir

Related terms

• stappen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: stoep
• English: stoep

Anagrams

• pesto, poets, poste, spote