Steen
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]- As a general Germanic surname, from Dutch Steen, West Flemish van der steen, Danish Steen, Swedish Steen, Norwegian Steen. Doublet of Stone and Stein. Compare Staines.
- As a Scottish surname, shortened from Stephen.
- As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from mac Stiamhna (“son of Stephen”), usually Anglicized as McStephen, McStein.
Proper noun
[edit]Steen (plural Steens)
- A surname from Germanic, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)
- Synonym: Sten
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Early Afrikaans, elliptically from steendruiven (“stone grapes”), from steen (“stone”) + druiven (“grapes”), plural of druif.
Noun
[edit]Steen (countable and uncountable, plural Steens)
- (South Africa) Chenin blanc, a variety of white wine.
Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German stein.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)
- (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) stone
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (“stone”). Cognate with Norwegian Stein and Swedish Sten.
Proper noun
[edit]Steen
- a male given name
- (rare) a surname
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- [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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From steen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Steen
- a surname
German Low German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Sten, Steen
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German stên, from Old Saxon stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. More at stone.
Noun
[edit]Steen m (plural Stenen)
Derived terms
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)
- stone
- Das is hart wie en Steen.
- This is hard as a stone.
Further reading
[edit]Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Steen m (plural Steng, diminutive Stengchen)
Norwegian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Steen
- a surname
Saterland Frisian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Frosted_Stones_%284318617153%29.jpg/220px-Frosted_Stones_%284318617153%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stain. Cognates include West Frisian stien and German Stein.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Steen m (plural Stene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from West Flemish
- English terms borrowed from Danish
- English terms derived from Danish
- English terms borrowed from Swedish
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English terms borrowed from Norwegian
- English terms derived from Norwegian
- English doublets
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English terms borrowed from Afrikaans
- English terms derived from Afrikaans
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- South African English
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian nouns
- Central Franconian masculine nouns
- Ripuarian Franconian
- Moselle Franconian
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Danish terms with rare senses
- Danish surnames
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːn
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch surnames
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German masculine nouns
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms derived from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik masculine nouns
- Hunsrik terms with usage examples
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/eːn
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/eːn/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Luxembourgish uncountable nouns
- lb:Geology
- lb:Botany
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian surnames
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/eːn
- Rhymes:Saterland Frisian/eːn/1 syllable
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian masculine nouns
- stq:Geology