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The Dutch word for stone is
steen





stone

Dutch Definition


stone
     1. pit
     2. steen



Translations for stone and their definitions

steen ©
     1. n-m. stone (small rock)
     2. n-m. stone (hard substance)


steentje
     1. n. diminutive of steen


stuk ©
     1. n-n. A piece, part, share (of a whole).
           Ik snij deze peer in vier stukken. - I’m cutting this pear in four pieces.
     2. n-n. A theatrical piece, play, skit.
     3. n-n. A document (especially official).
     4. n-n. (board games) A playing piece.
     5. n-n.          (chess) A piece, one of the playing pieces in chess usually excluding pawns.
     6. n-n. (colloquial) A hottie, babe, attractive person (of any gender).
     7. n-n. A piece, one , an item (of a thing, kind, ware; often untranslated in English)
           Zijn de peren vers? Geef me daar dan vier stuks van. - Are the pears fresh? Then give me four of them.
     8. adj. broken, rendered useless; out of order.


stenen
     1. adj. stonen, made of stone
     2. n. plural of steen



pit
     1. n-m. A seed inside a fruit.
     2. n-m. wick (of a candle, lamp or other implement)
     3. n-m. burner (on a stove)
     4. n-m. spirit, vigour
           Hij heeft pit. - He has something going for him.
     5. n-m. (racing) pit (refueling station and garage at a race track)


pion
     1. n-m. (chess) pawn
     2. n-m. (boardgames, by extension) piece, pawn (generic player piece in boardgames resembling the pawn in chess)
     3. n-m. (figurative) pawn (someone without control; one who is (easily) manipulated)
     4. n-n. (physics) pion (subatomic particle)


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