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Yes, it is. Át requires it, even as a prefix.
"Átmegyek az úton." -- "I cross the road."
This probably also applies to stepping on the stones if the river is shallow.
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"Lép" means only one (1) step and my shoes won't get wet if "åtlépek" and not "àtgázolok" (cross a shallow river walking in the water). Átkelek, átmegyek - some more synonyms for crossing the river (by boat or through the bridge). The hidden meaning in Átlépek a folyón is that the river is too narrow.
Because there is no definite direct object.
The river is not an object (you don't "step the river") -- it's not in the accusative case.
- 1060
We use: "Átlépek a folyón." - without any definite object but "Átlépem a folyót." is a valid translation, too.
- 1328
I tried it first with a very direct translation :-) Through I step the river on ODER Durch schreite ich der Fluss auf. It is sometimes really difficult, to understand the grammar.
I cross over the river....... That should be a correct translation, shouldn't it?
- 1328
I think, your sentence could also mean, to drive by car over a big bridge. There is no stepping in it.
