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{{also|stein|-stein|Stein}}
==German==

===Etymology===
From {{m|de|Stein|t=stone}}. Originally used in semantically transparent forms like {{m|de|steinalt|t=stone-old}}, {{m|de|steinhart|t=stone-hard}}, {{m|de|steintaub|t=stone-deaf}}, {{m|de|steintot|t=stone-dead}}, etc. Then generalised to other adjectives without a semantic relation to the basic word, such as {{m|de|steinreich|lit=stone-rich}}. See the same in {{cog|nl|steengoed|lit=stone-good}}, {{cog|is|steinóður|lit=stone-mad}}. Compare further {{m+|de|stock-}}.

===Prefix===
{{head|de|prefix}}

# {{lb|de|colloquial}} [[very]]

====Derived terms====
{{prefixsee|de}}

===References===
* {{R:DWDS}}

==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
Ultimately an intensifier related to {{m|is|steinn||stone}}, as in calling someone "stone-deaf," or the phrase {{m|is|steinn}} {{m|is|óður||stone mad}}.<ref>Metcalfe, F. (1880). The Englishman and the Scandinavian: Or, A Comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse Literature. United Kingdom: Trübner & Company, p. 446</ref>  Compare {{cog|da|sten-}}, {{cog|de|stein-}}.

===Prefix===
{{head|is|prefixes}}

# {{lb|is|emphatic}} [[completely]], [[extremely]]

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|completely}} {{l|is|alveg}}

====Derived terms====
{{prefixsee|is}}
* {{l|is|steinblindur}}
* {{l|is|steindauður}}
* {{l|is|steinhissa}}
* {{l|is|steinhalda kjafti}}
* {{l|is|steinhljóð}}
* {{l|is|steinsnar}}
* {{l|is|steinþegja}}

===References===
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