Steen

Alternative forms

• Stään (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald)
• Stein (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Etymology

From Old High German stein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃteːn/

Noun

Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) stone

Etymology

From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (“stone”). Cognate with Norwegian Stein and Swedish Sten.

Proper noun

Steen

1. A male given name.
2. (rare) A surname​.

References

• 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.

Etymology

From Middle Low German stên, from Old Saxon stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. More at stone.

Noun

Steen m (plural Stenen)

1. stone

Etymology

From Old High German stein, 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

• IPA^(key): /ʃteːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Noun

Steen m (plural Steng, diminutive Stengchen)

1. (uncountable, geology) stone (substance)
2. stone, pebble
3. (botany) stone

Proper noun

Steen

1. A surname​.

Etymology

From Old Frisian stēn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. More at stone.

Noun

Steen m

1. stone; rock