Noun
der Steg
Pronunciation: /ʃteːk/
A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards
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plural Stege
Meanings
Noun
- A path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards
- a bridge-like or connecting piece or part of certain objects
- the saddle or bridge of a stringed instrument
- the bridge of a pair of glasses
Example sentence
Als wir anlegten, sahen wir unseren Freund auf dem Steg.
When we landed, we saw our friend on the pier.
Word forms
singular
der Steg
plural
die Stege
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Steg
Accusativeden Steg
Dativedem Steg
Genitivedes Steges
Plural
Nominativedie Stege
Accusativedie Stege
Dativeden Stegen
Genitiveder Stege
Usage
- am Steg anlegen — moor or land at a jetty; am combines an + dem
- der Steg einer Geige — the bridge of a violin; a separate instrument-part sense
Die Kinder beobachteten die kleinen Fische vom Steg aus.
The children watched the small fish from the jetty.