verstenen

Meaning

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

Concepts

petrify

fossilize

ossify

lapidify

Synonyms

verstarren

fossiliseren

verstijven

Translations

pétrifier

petrificar

petrificar

petrificar

versteinern

pietrificare

se pétrifier

taş kesmek

μαρμαρώνω

gelo

petrifizieren

fosilizarse

erstarren

donakalmak

taşlaşmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vərˈsteːnə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: verstênen

In summary

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