Steen

See also: steen

English

Etymology 1

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

Steen (plural Steens)

A surname from Germanic, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)
Synonym: Sten

Translations

Danish: Steen
Dutch: Steen
Norwegian: Steen
Swedish: Steen (sv)

Etymology 2

Early Afrikaans, elliptically from steendruiven (“stone grapes”), from steen (“stone”) + druiven (“grapes”), plural of druif.

Noun

Steen (countable and uncountable, plural Steens)

(South Africa) Chenin blanc, a variety of white wine.

Central Franconian

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)

(Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) stone

Danish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Steen

a male given name
(rare) a surname

Related terms

Sten, Torsten

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.

Dutch

Etymology

From steen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /steːn/
Hyphenation: Steen
Rhymes: -eːn

Proper noun

Steen

a surname

German Low German

Alternative forms

Sten, Steen

Etymology

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

Noun

Steen m (plural Stenen)

stone

Derived terms

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ʃteːn/

Noun

Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)

stone
Das is hart wie en Steen.
This is hard as a stone.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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.