barnsteen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editbarnsteen m (plural barnstenen, diminutive barnsteentje n)
- an amber stone, a fossil resin
Noun
editbarnsteen n (uncountable)
- the material of a fossil resin