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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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Noun

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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.

Proper noun

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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

German 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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Steen m (plural Stenen)

  1. stone

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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. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Steen”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 156, column 2

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

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Steen m (plural Steng, diminutive Stengchen)

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

Norwegian

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Proper noun

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Steen

  1. a surname

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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Noun

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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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