Stufe

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German stuofe, from Old High German stuofa, from Proto-West Germanic *stōpā, related to the verb *stappjan (“to tread, step”). Akin to Old Saxon stōpo. Cognate with Dutch stoep. More at stoop. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtuː.fə/ === Noun === Stufe f (genitive Stufe, plural Stufen) step, tread (of a stair or ladder) degree, stage, level, rank, phase (school) clipping of Jahrgangsstufe: year (all pupils of a year or grade, regardless of forms) (mining) an aggregation of standalone and well-crystallized mineral (paleontology, geology) age ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Stufe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Stufe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Stufe” in Duden online Stufe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de