Meanings
comparative more stonen · superlative most stonen
- archaicConsisting or made of stone.
[…] 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, […]
1869, William Barnes, Poems of rural life in common English
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*stainīnaz“made of stone”
- Proto-West Germanic*stainīn
- Old Englishstǣnen“stony; of stone, hard as stone; stone, made of stone, built of stone”
- Middle Englishstonen
- Englishstonen
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-West Germanic *stainīn, from Proto-Germanic *stainīnaz (“made of stone”), equivalent to stone + -en. Cognate with Dutch stenen (“stonen”), German Low German stenen (“stonen”), German steinen (“stonen”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch stenen
- stenenMade of stone
German steinen, steinern
- steinenMade of stone
- steinernMade of stone
Japanese 石製
- 石製 (sekisei)Made of stone
Polish kamienny
- kamiennyMade of stone
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Cite this entry
stonen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonen
“stonen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stonen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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