barnsteen
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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: barn‧steen
Noun
barnsteen n (uncountable)
- the material of a fossil resin
Derived terms
- barnsteengeel
- barnstenen
- barnsteenkracht
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