Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stoep

/stuːp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: stoep
IPA: /stuːp/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A raised veranda in front of a house.

Example Sentences

"To my surprise there was a house close beside me, a fairly large house with a broad stoep and many windows."
"On the stoep an old man was moving about on hands and knees with red polish and brushes and dirty cloths."
"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?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans stoep, from Dutch stoep, from Middle Dutch stoep. Doublet of stoop.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: stoep

Inflected Forms

stoeps (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

stoop

Synonyms

stoop

Homonyms

stoup

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce stoep?: The recorded pronunciation is /stuːp/.
What does stoep mean?: A raised veranda in front of a house.
Where does stoep come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce stoep

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