sten

See also: Sten

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

sten c (singular definite stenen, plural indefinite sten)

  1. stone

Declension
Declension of sten
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sten stenen sten stenene
genitive stens stenens stens stenenes

References

Middle Low German

Pronunciation
  • (originally) IPA(key): /stɛːn/

Etymology

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

Noun

sten m

  1. stone

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. stone

Derived terms

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stēn m

  1. stone

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading
  • “stēn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

stēn m

  1. stone

Descendants
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: stian
  • Saterland Frisian: Steen
  • West Frisian: stien

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛːn/

Noun

stēn m

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

Declension
Declension of stēn (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative stēn stēnos
accusative stēn stēnos
genitive stēnes stēnō
dative stēne stēnum
instrumental — —


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: stên, stein
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:
        Hamburgisch: Steen
      • Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Stëin
        Sauerländisch: Stäin, Stoin, Stǟn, Stain, Steyn
        Westmünsterländisch: Steen
    • Plautdietsch: Steen

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

stēn m

  1. stone

Declension
Declension of stēn (a-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stēn stēnin stēna(r) stēnani(r), -ane(r)
accusative stēn stēnin stēna stēnana
dative stēni, -e stēninum, -enom stēnum, -om stēnumin, -omen
genitive stēns stēnsins stēna stēnanna

Descendants

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch stem.

Noun

sten

  1. voice

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Noun

sten c

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

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