verstenen

• versteenen (obsolete spelling)

• IPA^(key): /vərˈsteːnə(n)/, /vɛrˈsteːnə(n)/
• Hyphenation: ver‧ste‧nen
• Rhymes: -eːnən

Some versteend (petrified) material

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

verstenen

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

• verstening

From ver- +‎ stenen (“to moan, complain”).

verstenen

1. (intransitive) To moan, complain
2. (transitive) To bemoan, regret