sten

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See also: Sten, stěn, and sten-

Cornish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *staɨn.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [stɛːn]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [steːn]

Noun[edit]

sten m

  1. tin

References[edit]

  • Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 173

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from sténat.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sten m inan

  1. (literary) groan, moan

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • sten in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sten in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • sten in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-. Cognate with English stone.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /steːn/, [ˈsd̥eˀn]

Noun[edit]

sten c (singular definite stenen, plural indefinite sten)

  1. stone

Declension[edit]

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Middle Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Saxon sten, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (originally) IPA(key): /stɛːn/

Noun[edit]

sten m

  1. stone

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-.

Noun[edit]

sten m (definite singular stenen, indefinite plural stener, definite plural stenene)

  1. stone

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun[edit]

stēn m

  1. stone

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Dutch: stêen
    • Dutch: steen
      • Afrikaans: steen
        • Sotho: setene
        • Southern Ndebele: isitina
        • Zulu: isitini
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: ten
      • Negerhollands: steen, stin, sten
        • Virgin Islands Creole: sten (dated)
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: stene, stenna
      • Papiamentu: stenchi (from the diminutive)
    • Limburgish: stein

Further reading[edit]

  • stēn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian[edit]

Ēn stēn.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (to stiffen). Compare Old English stān, Old Saxon stēn, Old Dutch stēn and Old High German stein.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsteːn/, [ˈstɛːn]

Noun[edit]

stēn m

  1. stone

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Compare Old English stān, Old High German stein.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

stēn m

  1. stone, rock
    bran all samað stēn endi erða
    The rock burnt all together with the ground
    (Genesis, verse 317)

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Descendants[edit]

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun[edit]

stēn m

  1. stone

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch stem.

Noun[edit]

sten

  1. voice

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish sten, from Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /steːn/, [steꜜɜn]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

sten c

  1. a rock, a stone
    Han har en liten sten
    He has a small stone
  2. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.

Declension[edit]

Declension of sten 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sten stenen stenar stenarna
Genitive stens stenens stenars stenarnas

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