Dutch word gesteente comes from Dutch ge-, Dutch -te, Dutch steen ((uncountable) stone (hard substance). Stone (small rock).)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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ge- | Dutch (nld) | See ge- -te. Used with a verb stem to create a neuter uncountable noun referring to an action or its result, seen as a single collective whole. Comparable to English -ing (although that forms countable nouns, as it does in Dutch). (obsolete, no longer productive) Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.. Used for forming the past [...] |
-te | Dutch (nld) | See ge- -te. A suffix that forms the singular of the past tense of weak verbs, the root of which ends in a voiceless consonant Appended to an adjective, making a feminine noun which refers to the size or quality referred to by the adjective, cognate to -th.. Appended to the stem of a verb, yields a feminine noun which refers to the object of such a verb. |
steen | Dutch (nld) | (uncountable) stone (hard substance). Stone (small rock). |
gesteente | Dutch (nld) | Rock (aggregate of minerals). |