steenbreek

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch steenbreke; compare Old High German steinbrehha, Old Saxon stēnbreka. By surface analysis, steen (“stone”) +‎ breken (“to break”), thus literally, “stone-breaker”. The suffix -e (corresponding to the Germanic agent noun suffix *-ô) visible in the Middle Dutch has mostly vanished in Modern Dutch. === Pronunciation === === Noun === steenbreek f or m (plural steenbreken, diminutive steenbreekje n) A saxifrage; any plant of the genus Saxifraga. Hyponyms: bokjessteenbreek, kandelaartje, knolsteenbreek ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === steenbreek on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl