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sten.

a stone; a rock

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/steːn/[steꜜɜn]

  1. a stone; a rock

    collective · common-gender · sometimes
    Han har en liten sten

  2. a stone; a rock a pebble

    collective · common-gender · sometimes

  3. a stone; a rock a boulder

    collective · common-gender · sometimes

  4. stone; rock

    common-gender · uncountable
    stenar är gjorda av sten
    hjärta av sten
Where this word comes from

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

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