Standard Lemma guide

stolen

adj · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈstoʊ.ln̩/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊlən
  • CMU ARPABET: S T OW1 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That has been stolen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something which has been stolen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Multicultural-London-English, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

past participle of steal

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”), equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (“stolen”), Saterland Frisian stäälen (“stolen”), West Frisian stellen (“stolen”), Dutch gestolen (“stolen”), German Low German stohlen (“stolen”), German gestohlen (“stolen”), Swedish stulen (“stolen”).

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَسْرُوق (masrūq) — that has been stolen
  • Arabic: مسروق (masrūʔ) — that has been stolen
  • Belarusian: кра́дзены (krádzjeny) — that has been stolen
  • Belarusian: укра́дзены (ukrádzjeny) — that has been stolen
  • Danish: stjålen — that has been stolen
  • Danish: stjålet — that has been stolen
  • Dutch: gestolen — that has been stolen
  • Finnish: varastettu — that has been stolen
  • French: volé — that has been stolen
  • Georgian: მოპარული (moṗaruli) — that has been stolen
  • German: gestohlen — that has been stolen
  • Greek: κλεμμένος (klemménos) — that has been stolen
  • Hungarian: ellopott — that has been stolen
  • Italian: rubato — that has been stolen
  • Japanese: 盗まれた — that has been stolen
  • Macedonian: у́краден (úkraden) — that has been stolen
  • Marathi: चोरलेले (corlele) — that has been stolen
  • Marathi: चोरलेला (corlelā) — that has been stolen
  • Marathi: चोरलेली (corlelī) — that has been stolen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stjålen — that has been stolen
  • Polish: ukradziony — that has been stolen
  • Portuguese: roubado — that has been stolen
  • Portuguese: furtado — that has been stolen
  • Rapa Nui: hakananai'a — that has been stolen
  • Russian: кра́денный (krádennyj) — that has been stolen
  • Russian: укра́денный (ukrádennyj) — that has been stolen
  • Russian: воро́ванный (voróvannyj) — that has been stolen
  • Spanish: robado — that has been stolen
  • Swedish: stulen — that has been stolen
  • Tagalog: nakaw — that has been stolen
  • Turkish: çalıntı — that has been stolen
  • Turkish: çalınmış — that has been stolen
  • Ukrainian: кра́дений (krádenyj) — that has been stolen
  • Ukrainian: укра́дений (ukrádenyj) — that has been stolen
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