UrsprungFrom French étape (“provisions, supplies, distributing provisions to marching soldiers”), based on Dutch stapel (“storage”).
- common-gendera leg (stage of a journey, race, etc.)
“Vandringsleden består av 25 etapper” — The hiking trail consists of 25 legs
- common-gender, figurativelya stage (of a process or the like)
Formeretapp(indefinite, nominative, singular) · etapps(genitive, indefinite, singular) · etappen(definite, nominative, singular) · etappens(definite, genitive, singular) · etapper(indefinite, nominative, plural) · etappers(genitive, indefinite, plural) · etapperna(definite, nominative, plural) · etappernas(definite, genitive, plural)