Steen
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German stein.
Pronunciation
Noun
Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)
- (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) stone
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (“stone”). Cognate with Norwegian Stein and Swedish Sten.
Proper noun
Steen
- a male given name.
- (rare) a surname
Related terms
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.
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German stên, from Old Saxon stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. More at stone.
Noun
Steen m (plural Stenen)
Derived terms
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Central Franconian Stein, from Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)
- stone
- Das is hart wie en Steen.
- This is hard as a stone.
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German stein, 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
Noun
Steen m (plural Steng, diminutive Stengchen)
Norwegian
Proper noun
Steen
- a surname
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. More at stone.
Noun
Steen m
Derived terms
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian nouns
- Central Franconian masculine nouns
- Ripuarian Franconian
- Moselle Franconian
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Danish terms with rare senses
- Danish surnames
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German masculine nouns
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms derived from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik masculine nouns
- Hunsrik terms with usage examples
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/eːn
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Luxembourgish uncountable nouns
- lb:Geology
- lb:Botany
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian surnames
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian masculine nouns