uitstap

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈœy̯t.stɑp/
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  • Hyphenation: uit‧stap

Etymology 1

Deverbal from uitstappen.

Noun

uitstap m (plural uitstappen, diminutive uitstapje n)

  1. (now chiefly diminutive) trip, excursion, outing
    Het werd een gezellig uitstapje naar de historische binnenstad.
    It was a pleasant trip to the historic city centre.
    Synonyms: excursie, trip, uitje
  2. an exit:
    1. the act of leaving something, sometimes an act of physically stepping or moving out of something
    2. the process of abandoning, phasing out
      de uitstap uit de kernenergie ― the phasing out of nuclear energy
  3. digression, excursion, an exposition in a larger discourse that is unrelated to tangentially related to the main subject
  4. (archaic) transgression, an excessive or extraordinary action
Derived terms
  • kernuitstap

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uitstap

  1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative of uitstappen

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