Sten
See also: sten
English
Etymology
From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield
Noun
Sten (plural Stens)
- The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts.
Anagrams
- ENTs, NEST, TENS, ents, nest, nets, sent, sent., snet, tens
Danish
Etymology
A less common form of Steen, from Old Norse Steinn.
Proper noun
Sten
- A male given name.
Estonian
Etymology
From Swedish Sten, interpreted as a variant of Stefan in Estonia.
Proper noun
Sten
- A male given name.
Norwegian
Etymology
Less common form of Stein, from Old Norse Steinn.
Proper noun
Sten
- A male given name.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (“stone”).
Proper noun
Sten c (genitive Stens)
- A male given name.
Related terms
- (male given names) Sixten, Torsten, Östen
- (surnames) Stensson
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 25 566 males with the given name Sten living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.