Sten

See also: sten

English

Etymology

From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield

Noun

Sten (plural Stens)

1. The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts.

Anagrams

• ENTs, NEST, TENS, ents, nest, nets, sent, sent., snet, tens

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Danish

Etymology

A less common form of Steen, from Old Norse Steinn.

Proper noun

Sten

1. a male given name from Old Norse.

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Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish Sten, interpreted as a variant of Stefan in Estonia.

Proper noun

Sten

1. a male given name from Swedish.

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Norwegian

Etymology

Less common form of Stein, from Old Norse Steinn.

Proper noun

Sten

1. a male given name from Old Norse.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (“stone”).

Proper noun

Sten c (genitive Stens)

1. a male given name from Old Norse.

Related terms

• (male given names) Sixten, Torsten, Östen
• (surnames) Stensson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 25 566 males with the given name Sten living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• sent, tens