steg

See also: Steg and šteg

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1

Shortening of steganography.

Verb

steg (third-person singular simple present stegs, present participle stegging, simple past and past participle stegged)

1. (transitive, informal) To conceal (data) by means of steganography.
   • 1994, Virtual Bob, “Crypto Maniac”, in comp.sys.mac.programmer (Usenet):

     Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values.

   • 2002, the Pull, “getting started”, in alt.fan.cult-dead-cow (Usenet):

     Another project being worked on is stegging banned religious books from every language and putting them on the web.

   • 2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorism:

     It has become an article of faith that bin Laden and his associates routinely communicate through stegged messages posted on pornographic Web sites.

   • 2008, Steve Walker, “Sick evil perverted pedos now helping terrorists.”, in uk.legal (Usenet):

     Sounds like nonsense to me - if you're going to pass stegged files there's plenty of anonymous dropfile sites, no need to use CP facilities which are likely to be subject to extra law enforcement, surveillance and site takedowns etc.

Etymology 2

From Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag.

Alternative forms

• stag

Noun

steg (plural stegs)

1. (obsolete) A gander.
   • 1809, Thomas Bewick, History of British Birds:

     […] the males [geese] (Gander or Steg)

References

• “steg”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• -gest, Gest, Gets, gest, gest-, gets, tegs

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse steik f (“roast”), from Proto-Germanic *staikō. Related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). English steak is borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stajˀ/, [ˈsd̥ɑjˀ]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ

Noun

steg c (singular definite stegen, plural indefinite stege)

1. joint (a cut of meat)
2. roast (a cut of meat suited to roasting)
3. roast meat, roast dinner
4. (slang) attractive person

Declension

Declension of steg

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	steg	stegen	stege	stegene
genitive	stegs	stegens	steges	stegenes

Derived terms

• andesteg
• culottesteg
• flæskesteg
• haresteg
• kalvesteg
• kyllingesteg
• lammesteg
• ribbenssteg
• skinkesteg
• tyksteg
• tyndsteg

 

References

• “steg” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steːˀɣ/, [ˈsd̥eˀj], [ˈsd̥eˀ]

Verb

steg

1. past tense of stige

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stajˀ/, [ˈsd̥ɑjˀ]

Verb

steg

1. imperative of stege

Middle English

Noun

steg

1. Alternative form of stagge

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega or stegene)

1. step

Synonyms

• skritt

References

• “steg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Verb

steg

1. simple past of stige

Alternative forms

• steig

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse stig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steːɡ/

Noun

steg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega)

1. a step
2. a pace (the distance covered in a step)

Synonyms

• skritt

References

• “steg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• stijȇg (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěgъ.

Noun

stȇg m (Cyrillic spelling сте̑г)

1. flagpole, flagstaff

Swedish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

steg n

1. a step (with the foot, sometimes figuratively)

   Conny tog några steg mot köket

   Conny took a few steps towards the kitchen

   steg för steg

   step by step

   Vi vill ta det ett steg längre

   We want to take it one step further

   • 2001, Caramell (lyrics and music), “Caramelldansen [The Caramell dance ("karamell" is the usual spelling)]”, in Supergott [Super tasty]‎^[1]:

     Dansa med oss. Klappa era händer. Gör som vi gör och ta några steg åt vänster. Lyssna och lär. Missa inte chansen. Nu är vi här med Caramelldansen.

     Dance with us. Clap your hands. Do as we do and take a few steps to the left. Listen and learn. Don't miss the chance. Now we are here with the Caramell dance.

2. a step (in a staircase or the like)

   Trappan har tjugo steg

   The staircase has twenty steps

3. a step (in a process or the like)

   Nästa steg i processen är att föra in bränslestavarna

   The next step in the process is to insert the fuel rods

   1. a stage (of certain devices)

      förstärkarsteg

      amplifier stage

      slutsteg

      output stage

      (literally, “end stage”)

      raketsteg

      rocket stage

Declension

Declension of steg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	steg	steget	steg	stegen
Genitive	stegs	stegets	stegs	stegens

Derived terms

• fotsteg
• förstärkarsteg
• raketsteg
• slutsteg
• steglängd
• stegräknare
• tonsteg
• trappsteg

Related terms

• stega

See also

• kliv
• stege

Verb

steg

1. past indicative of stiga

References

• steg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• steg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• steg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gest, gets, segt, tegs