stolen

See also: stollen

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊlən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊlən

Verb

stolen

1. past participle of steal

Adjective

stolen (not comparable)

1. That has been stolen.

Derived terms

• stolen base
• stolen goods
• stolen shot
• stolen valor

 

Translations

that has been stolen

• Arabic: مَسْرُوق (masrūq)

  Egyptian Arabic: مسروق (masrūʔ)

• Belarusian: кра́дзены (krádzjeny), укра́дзены (ukrádzjeny)
• Danish: stjålen, stjålet
• Dutch: gestolen (nl)
• Finnish: varastettu (fi)
• French: volé (fr)
• Georgian: მოპარული (moṗaruli)
• German: gestohlen (de)
• Greek: κλεμμένος (el) (klemménos)
• Hungarian: ellopott (hu)
• Italian: rubato (it)
• Japanese: 盗まれた
• Macedonian: у́краден (úkraden)
• Marathi: चोरलेले n (corlele), चोरलेला m (corlelā), चोरलेली f (corlelī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stjålen

• Polish: ukradziony
• Portuguese: roubado (pt), furtado (pt)
• Rapa Nui: hakananai'a
• Russian: кра́денный (ru) (krádennyj), укра́денный (ru) (ukrádennyj), воро́ванный (ru) (voróvannyj)
• Spanish: robado (es)
• Swedish: stulen (sv)
• Tagalog: nakaw (tl)
• Turkish: çalıntı (tr), çalınmış (tr)
• Ukrainian: кра́дений (krádenyj), укра́дений (ukrádenyj)

Noun

stolen (plural stolens)

1. (US, MTE, MLE) Something which has been stolen.
   • 2015 July 19, “Other Lives”, in True Detective‎^[1], season 2, episode 5:

     Oh, a few months back, a detective came by with pictures of identical diamonds. Wanted to know if anybody had come around maybe trying to sell them. I told him I read the pawn sheets regular and I haven't seen them listed. He tells me they don't want the stolens on any sheets.

   • 2018 February 17, “Plugged In Freestyle”, Fumez the Engineer (music)‎^[2]performed by Mitch, 3:36:

     Spinner, shotty, semi
     These shots ain't no Henny
     If this Glock holds twenty
     I make it scream like Dezzie
     Dilemma like Kelly
     Before I had a bar like Peggy
     How many pagans? Many
     Ask my probation...
     She knows it's many, many
     And if I take it there it's edgy
     You see my stolens come with petty

   • 2019 August 28, Yb Tak30ver (lyrics and music), “Island”‎^[3], 1:21 :

     A island I wanna live somewhere silent
     I'm shining I'm bout to flood my neck with diamonds
     Yeah I've been spitting facts these niggas lying
     I'm driving stolens, foreigns, yeah I'm riding

   • 2020 March 26, Tunde (lyrics and music), “Mob Ties”‎^[4], 1:53:

     The young bulls get the green light, suttin's gettin' sabotaged
     They’ll get it done in a hoopty on the ped or even on the handlebars
     But the main focus is doe bro rest in peace M we're just tryna have it large
     Screaming fuck feds get gwop let me see your battle scars
     We trap in stolens 24's shag whips and rattle cars

   • 2020 July 17, StaySolidRocky (lyrics and music), “Viola” (track 2, 0:21 from the start), in Fallin'‎^[5]:

     Pray for my soldiers that's ridin’ in stolens

   • 2021 August 24, Booter Bee (lyrics and music), “No Point”, 0:38:

     Fill that clip with golden worms
     Grap that dots and fold it first
     (snap!) make sure that the stolen works

Anagrams

• Elston, Leston, Letson, Noltes, Solent, Tolens, lentos, onlest, telson

Danish

Noun

stolen c

1. definite singular of stol

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stolen m

1. definite singular of stol

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stolen m

1. definite singular of stol

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsto.len/

Participle

stolen

1. past participle of stelan

Swedish

Noun

stolen

1. definite singular of stol