stalen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaː.lə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sta‧len
  • Rhymes: -aːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stalen, stalin, stalijn, from Old Dutch *stālīn, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlīn, equivalent to staal +‎ -en (“suffix forming adjectives relating to substances”). Cognate with English steelen.

Adjective

stalen (not comparable)

  1. steel, made of steel
    stalen zenuwen ― nerves of steel
    een stalen gewelf ― a steel vault
    een stalen schip ― a steel ship
Declension
Declension of stalen
uninflected stalen
inflected stalen
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial —
indefinite m./f. sing. stalen
n. sing. stalen
plural stalen
definite stalen
partitive —

Etymology 2

From staal (“steel”) +‎ -en (“suffix forming verbs from nouns”).

Verb

stalen

  1. (transitive) To toughen, harden; to steel.
    de gestaalde kaders van de communistische partij ― the steeled cadres of the communist party
Conjugation
Conjugation of stalen (weak)
infinitive stalen
past singular staalde
past participle gestaald
infinitive stalen
gerund stalen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular staal staalde
2nd person sing. (jij) staalt, staal2 staalde
2nd person sing. (u) staalt staalde
2nd person sing. (gij) staalt staalde
3rd person singular staalt staalde
plural stalen staalden
subjunctive sing.1 stale staalde
subjunctive plur.1 stalen staalden
imperative sing. staal
imperative plur.1 staalt
participles stalend gestaald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stalen

  1. plural of staal (all senses and etymologies)

Verb

stalen

  1. inflection of stelen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

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