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steen.

stone (small rock)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/steːn/[steːn]Belgium[steɪ̯n]Netherlands
  1. stone (small rock)

    countable · masculine
  2. stone (hard substance)

    masculine · uncountable
  3. stone (drupe pit)

    countable · masculine
  4. tile, stone (a hard playing piece used in various tabletop games such as dominoes, backgammon or mahjong)

    countable · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch stêen, from Old Dutch stēn, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Doublet of -stein, a toponymic element indicating a castle borrowed in Middle Dutch from Middle High German.

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