steng

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steng m (plural stengen, diminutive stengetje n)

1. obsolete form of stang
2. (nautical) topmast

• → Polish: stenga

Syncopic form of seteng, from apocopic form of setengah (“half”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstəŋ/ [ˈst̪əŋ]
• Hyphenation: steng

steng (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of setengah

• Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎^[1], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 30

Inherited from Old English stenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *stangi, variant of *stangu, from Proto-Germanic *stangō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛnɡ/, /ˈsteːnɡ/, /ˈstɛnd͡ʒ/, /ˈsteːnd͡ʒ/

steng (plural stenges)

1. (rare) A pole; a wooden bar.

• “steng, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

steng

1. (Kent) alternative form of styng

steng

1. imperative of stenge

steng

1. imperative of stengja
2. (dialectal, apocope) alternative form of stengja

• stænġ

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stangi, variant of *stangu, from Proto-Germanic *stangō.

• IPA^(key): /stenj/, [stend͡ʒ]

stenġ m

1. pole

Strong i-stem:

• Middle English: steng