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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Acronym of Shepherd, Turpin, Enfield.. From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield
Noun[edit]
Sten (plural Stens)
- The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts.
Etymology 2[edit]
From North Germanic (Danish Sten, Swedish Sten, Norwegian Sten).
Proper noun[edit]
Sten (plural Stens)
- A surname from the North Germanic languages, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)
- Synonym: Steen
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A less common form of Steen, from Old Norse Steinn.
Proper noun[edit]
Sten
- a male given name from Old Norse
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish Sten, interpreted as a variant of Stefan in Estonia.
Proper noun[edit]
Sten
- a male given name from Swedish
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Less common form of Stein, from Old Norse Steinn.
Proper noun[edit]
Sten
- a male given name from Old Norse
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (“stone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Sten c (genitive Stens)
- a male given name from Old Norse
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 25 566 males with the given name Sten living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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