/stɛp/
UrsprungFrom German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ).
Used in Swedish since 1817.
Formerstäpp(indefinite, nominative, singular) · stäpps(genitive, indefinite, singular) · stäppen(definite, nominative, singular) · stäppens(definite, genitive, singular) · stäpper(indefinite, nominative, plural) · stäppers(genitive, indefinite, plural) · stäpperna(definite, nominative, plural) · stäppernas(definite, genitive, plural)