stonen

stonen

English

Etymology

From Middle English stonen, alteration (due to stone) of earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen (“stony; of stone, hard as stone; stone, made of stone, built of stone”), from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz (“made of stone”), equivalent to stone +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch stenen (“stonen”), German Low German stenen (“stonen”), German steinen (“stonen”).

Adjective

stonen (comparative more stonen, superlative most stonen)

1. (archaic) Consisting or made of stone.
   • 1869, William Barnes, Poems of rural life in common English:

     […] And up these well-worn blocks of stone / I came when I first ran alone, / The stonen stairs beclimb'd the mound, / Ere father put a foot to ground, […]

Translations

Made of stone

Dutch: stenen (nl) German: steinen (de), steinern (de) Japanese: 石製 (せきせい, sekisei)

Luxembourgish: stengen Polish: kamienny (pl)

Anagrams

• non est, nonets, senton, sonnet, tennos, tenons, tenson, tonnes

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From earlier stenen, from Old English stǣnen, from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz. Equivalent to stone +‎ -en (“adjectival ending”).

Alternative forms

• stanene, stonene, stonyn, stonon, stonun, stoonen, stonene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːnən/

Adjective

stonen

1. Composed or built of stone

Descendants

• English: stonen

See also

• rochen

References

• “stōnen(e (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

Etymology 2

From stone; equivalent to stone +‎ -en (“infinitival ending”).

Alternative forms

• stone, stane, stain, stoonen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːnən/

Verb

stonen

1. (transitive, intransitive) To throw stones
2. (transitive) To stone, execute using stones
3. (intransitive) To remove or eliminate stones or rocks

Conjugation

Conjugation of stonen (weak)

infinitive	(to) stonen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	stone	stonede
2nd person singular	stonest	stonedest
3rd person singular	stoneth, stoneþ	stonede
plural	stonen	stoneden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	stone	stonede
plural	stonen	stoneden
imperative	present
singular	stone
plural	stoneth, stoneþ
participle	present	past
	stonende, stoninge	stoned, ystoned

Descendants

• English: (to) stone

References

• “stōnen (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Etymology 3

From stone; equivalent to stone +‎ -en (“plural ending”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːnən/

Noun

stonen

1. plural of stone