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Dutch
Etymology
From barn (“burn”) + steen (“stone”). The former part of the compound is related to the Dutch verb branden (“to burn”). Cognate to English brimstone, German Bernstein (“amber”) and Icelandic brennisteinn (“sulfur, brimstone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑrn.steːn/
- Hyphenation: barn‧steen
Noun
barnsteen m (plural barnstenen, diminutive barnsteentje n)
- an amber stone, a fossil resin
Noun
barnsteen n (uncountable)
- the material of a fossil resin
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