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stalen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstaː.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: sta‧len
  • Rhymes: -aːlən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch stalen, stalin, stalijn, from Old Dutch *stālīn, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlīn, equivalent to staal +‎ -en (suffix forming adjectives relating to substances). Cognate with English steelen.

Adjective

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stalen (not comparable)

  1. steel, made of steel
    stalen zenuwennerves of steel
    een stalen gewelfa steel vault
    een stalen schipa steel ship
Declension
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Declension of stalen
uninflected stalen
inflected stalen
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. stalen
n. sing. stalen
plural stalen
definite stalen
partitive
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Etymology 2

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From staal (steel) +‎ -en (suffix forming verbs from nouns).

Verb

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stalen

  1. (transitive) To toughen, harden; to steel.
    de gestaalde kaders van de communistische partijthe steeled cadres of the communist party
Conjugation
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Conjugation of stalen (weak)
infinitive stalen
past singular staalde
past participle gestaald
infinitive stalen
gerund stalen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular staal staalde
2nd person sing. (jij) staalt, staal2 staalde
2nd person sing. (u) staalt staalde
2nd person sing. (gij) staalt staalde
3rd person singular staalt staalde
plural stalen staalden
subjunctive sing.1 stale staalde
subjunctive plur.1 stalen staalden
imperative sing. staal
imperative plur.1 staalt
participles stalend gestaald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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stalen

  1. plural of staal (all senses and etymologies)

Verb

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stalen

  1. inflection of stelen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

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