See steppen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈstɛpən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstapən/"
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],
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"past",
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{
"form": "steppe",
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{
"form": "stope",
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{
"form": "stepe",
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "stepped",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "steppe",
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"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "-",
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"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "steppen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "steppe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "stopen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "stope",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "stepen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "stepe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "steppeden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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"form": "steppeth",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "steppe",
"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "-",
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"form": "steppynge",
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"form": "steppende",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "stapen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
},
{
"form": "stape",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "stopen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "stope",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "stepped",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
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},
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{
"form": "stopen",
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],
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},
{
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"To go; to walk or move:",
"To go to a specified location; to travel or take oneself."
],
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[
"go",
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],
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"ambitransitive"
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},
{
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"To move onwards; to keep doing something ."
],
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[
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"To go; to walk or move:",
"(figurative) To move onwards; to keep doing something ."
],
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"ambitransitive",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɛpən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstapən/"
}
],
"word": "steppen"
}
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