sten

Chemical element
Sn
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From Proto-Brythonic *staɨn.

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

sten m

1. tin

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

Deverbal from sténat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɛn]

sten m inan

1. (literary) groan, moan

• “sten”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sten”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sten”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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

• IPA^(key): /steːn/, [ˈsd̥eˀn]

sten c (singular definite stenen, plural indefinite sten)

1. stone

• “sten” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sten” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠tɛːn/

stēn

1. Alternative form of stān

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

• (originally) IPA^(key): /stɛːn/

sten m

1. stone

See the main entry.

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

1. Alternative form of stein (“stone”), officially recognized in the following senses:
   1. (jewelry) gem, gemstone
   2. (botany) stone, pit of a stonefruit
   3. (medicine) stone, hardened tissue (as in kidney stone etc.)
   4. (informal) testicle, ball
2. (Riksmål, otherwise nonstandard) in other senses of the above noun

• edelsten
• stenfrukt
• gallesten, nyresten, tannsten

• “sten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

stēn m

1. stone

• stein

• Middle Dutch: stêen
  • Dutch: steen
    • Afrikaans: steen
      • → Sotho: setene
      • → Southern Ndebele: isitina
      • → Zulu: isitini
        • Fanagalo: stin
    • 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

• “stēn”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːn/, [ˈstɛːn]

stēn m

1. stone

Declension of stēn (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	stēn	stēnar, stēna
genitive	stēnes	stēna
dative	stēne	stēnum, stēnem
accusative	stēn	stēnar, stēna

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: stian

  Goesharde: stiin

  Halligen: stian

  Heligoland: Stean

  Mooring: stiinj

  Sylt: Stiin

  Wiedingharde: stiin

• Saterland Frisian: Steen
• West Frisian: stien

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

The development of the form stēn is analogous to that of gēn (“to go”). See there for further information.

• IPA^(key): /s̠teːn/

stēn

1. Alternative form of stān (“to stand”)

• Middle High German: stēn
  • German: stehen, stehn

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

• IPA^(key): /stɛːn/

stēn m

1. stone, rock

   bran all samað stēn endi erða

   The rock burnt all together with the ground

   (Genesis, verse 317)

• Middle Low German: stên, stein
  • Low German:
    • German Low German:

      Hamburgisch: Steen

    • Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Stëin

      Lippisch: Steun

      Sauerländisch: Stäin, Stoin, Stǟn, Stain, Steyn

      Westmünsterländisch: Steen

  • Plautdietsch: Steen

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

stēn m

1. stone

• Swedish: sten

Borrowed from Dutch stem.

sten

1. voice

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

• IPA^(key): /steːn/, [steꜜɜn]

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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.

• stena
• gravsten
• njursten
• gallsten

• sten in Svensk ordbok.
• sten in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

• sent, tens