verstenen

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

verstarren

fossiliseren

verstijven

Vertalings

pétrifier

petrificar

petrify

petrificar

petrificar

versteinern

se pétrifier

pietrificare

gelo

fosilizarse

donakalmak

taşlaşmak

taş kesmek

erstarren

petrifizieren

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/vərˈsteːnə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: verstênen

In summary

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