Steen

See also: steen

English

Etymology 1

• As a general Germanic surname, from Dutch Steen, West Flemish van der steen, Danish Steen, Swedish Steen, Norwegian Steen. Doublet of Stone and Stein. Compare Staines.
• As a Scottish surname, shortened from Stephen.
• As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from mac Stiamhna (“son of Stephen”), usually Anglicized as McStephen, McStein.

Proper noun

Steen (plural Steens)

1. A surname from Germanic, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)

   Synonym: Sten

Translations

Translations

• Danish: Steen
• Dutch: Steen
• Norwegian: Steen
• Swedish: Steen (sv)

Etymology 2

Early Afrikaans, elliptically from steendruiven (“stone grapes”), from steen (“stone”) + druiven (“grapes”), plural of druif.

Noun

Steen (countable and uncountable, plural Steens)

1. (South Africa) Chenin blanc, a variety of white wine.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Stään (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald)
• Stein (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Etymology

From Old High German stein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃteːn/

Noun

Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) stone

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (“stone”). Cognate with Norwegian Stein and Swedish Sten.

Proper noun

Steen

1. a male given name
2. (rare) a surname

Related terms

• Sten, Torsten

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 26 205 males with the given name Steen and 1698 persons with the surname Steen have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

Etymology

From steen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steːn/
• Hyphenation: Steen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Proper noun

Steen

1. a surname

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Sten, Steen

Etymology

From Middle Low German stên, from Old Saxon stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. More at stone.

Noun

Steen m (plural Stenen)

1. stone

Derived terms

• stenerg
• stenig

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Central Franconian Stein, from Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃteːn/

Noun

Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)

1. stone

   Das is hart wie en Steen.

   This is hard as a stone.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Cognates include German Stein, Dutch steen, English stone, Swedish sten.

The alternation between the stems Steen and Steng is due to the Luxembourgish velarisation of -n- that took place only in open syllables. (The plural used to have the ending -e, as it still does in German.) Similar alternations are found in some other nouns (e.g. Schwäin), but Steen is the only one that retains distinct stems for singular and plural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃteːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

Steen m (plural Steng, diminutive Stengchen)

1. (uncountable, geology) stone (substance)
2. stone, pebble
3. (botany) stone

Norwegian

Proper noun

Steen

1. a surname

Saterland Frisian

Stene.

Etymology

From Old Frisian stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stain. Cognates include West Frisian stien and German Stein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steːn/
• Hyphenation: Steen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

Steen m (plural Stene)

1. stone, rock

Derived terms

• Wätsteen

 

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Steen”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN