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Steen

See also: steen

English

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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Steen (plural Steens)

  1. A surname from Germanic, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)
    Synonym: Sten
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Etymology 2

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

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Steen (countable and uncountable, plural Steens)

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

Central Franconian

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

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From Old High German stein.

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Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)

  1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) stone

Danish

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Etymology

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

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Steen

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

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Etymology

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From steen.

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Steen

  1. a surname

Hunsrik

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FWOTD – 20 October 2012

Alternative forms

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  • xtayn (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

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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”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃteːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn
  • Syllabification: Steen

Noun

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Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)

  1. stone
    Das is hart wie en Steen.
    This is hard as a stone.
  2. (board games) stone (playing piece made of any hard material)
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  1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Steen”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 156, column 2

Low German

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Etymology

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

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    • IPA(key): /steːn/, /ʃtɛɪ̯n/

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    Steen m (plural Stenen) (German Low German)

    1. stone

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    Luxembourgish

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    Etymology

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    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. Latäin, Schwäin, Wäin), but Steen is the only one that retains distinct stems for singular and plural.

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    Steen m (plural Steng, diminutive Steenchen or Stengchen)

    1. (uncountable, geology) stone (substance, material)
    2. stone (piece of rock), pebble
    3. (precious) stone, gemstone
    4. (botany) stone (of fruit)
    5. (medicine) gallstone, kidney stone

    Norwegian

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    Proper noun

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    Steen

    1. a surname

    Plautdietsch

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Low German stên, from Old Saxon stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Compare Low German Steen, German Stein, Dutch steen, English stone.

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    Steen m (plural Steena)

    1. stone, rock

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    Saterland Frisian

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    Stene.

    Etymology

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

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    Steen m (plural Stene)

    1. stone, rock

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    References

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