steenbreek

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch steenbreke; compare Old High German steinbrehha, Old Saxon stēnbreka. By surface analysis, steen (“stone”) +‎ breken (“to break”), thus literally, “stone-breaker”. The suffix -e (corresponding to the Germanic agent noun suffix *-ô) visible in the Middle Dutch has mostly vanished in Modern Dutch.

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Noun

steenbreek f or m (plural steenbreken, diminutive steenbreekje n)

  1. A saxifrage; any plant of the genus Saxifraga.
    Hyponyms: bokjessteenbreek, kandelaartje, knolsteenbreek

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