verstenen

• versteenen (obsolete spelling)

• IPA^(key): /vərˈsteːnə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -eːnən
• Hyphenation: ver‧ste‧nen

From Middle Dutch verstênen. Equivalent to steen +‎ ver- -en.

verstenen

1. (transitive) to petrify, turn (something) into rock
2. (by extension) to harden, make insensitive
3. (intransitive) to be petrified, turned into rock
4. (by extension) to be hardened, to become rigid, implacable
5. (transitive) to equip, fit (a mill) with a(nother) millstone

• verstening

From ver- +‎ stenen (“to moan, complain”).

verstenen

1. (intransitive) to moan, complain
2. (transitive) to bemoan, regret