barnsteen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
barnsteen m (plural barnstenen, diminutive barnsteentje n)
- an amber stone, a fossil resin
Noun edit
barnsteen n (uncountable)
- the material of a fossil resin