steppen

See also: Steppen

Danish

steppen c

steppen (transitive, intransitive)

To step; to place one's foot down.
To step onto; to lift one's foot onto a higher place.
To go; to walk or move:
1. To go to a specified location; to travel or take oneself.
2. (figurative) To move onwards; to keep doing something .

This verb tends to become weak in later Middle English.

Conjugation of steppen (strong class 6/7 or weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) steppen, steppe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	steppe	stop, step, stap, stepped
2nd-person singular	steppest	stope, stepe, stop, step, stap, steppedest
3rd-person singular	steppeth	stop, step, stap, stepped
subjunctive singular	steppe	stope¹, stepe¹, stepped¹
imperative singular	steppe	—

plural²	steppen, steppe	stopen, stope, stepen, stepe, steppeden, steppede
imperative plural	steppeth, steppe	—

participles	steppynge, steppende	stapen, stape, stopen, stope, stepped

¹Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
²Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

“steppen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-22.

steppen m

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.