"stein-" meaning in German

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Prefix

Etymology: From Stein (“stone”). Originally used in semantically transparent forms like steinalt (“stone-old”), steinhart (“stone-hard”), steintaub (“stone-deaf”), steintot (“stone-dead”), etc. Then generalised to other adjectives without a semantic relation to the basic word, such as steinreich (literally “stone-rich”). See the same in Dutch steengoed (literally “stone-good”), Icelandic steinóður (literally “stone-mad”). Compare further German stock-. Etymology templates: {{m|de|Stein|t=stone}} Stein (“stone”), {{m|de|steinalt|t=stone-old}} steinalt (“stone-old”), {{m|de|steinhart|t=stone-hard}} steinhart (“stone-hard”), {{m|de|steintaub|t=stone-deaf}} steintaub (“stone-deaf”), {{m|de|steintot|t=stone-dead}} steintot (“stone-dead”), {{m|de|steinreich|lit=stone-rich}} steinreich (literally “stone-rich”), {{cog|nl|steengoed|lit=stone-good}} Dutch steengoed (literally “stone-good”), {{cog|is|steinóður|lit=stone-mad}} Icelandic steinóður (literally “stone-mad”), {{m+|de|stock-}} German stock- Head templates: {{head|de|prefix}} stein-
  1. (colloquial) very Tags: colloquial, morpheme
    Sense id: en-stein--de-prefix-TGpIOfg9

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