This is the 7494th most frequent Swedish word.
stens
"Stens" is the genitive form of "sten," meaning "stone's" or "of the stone" in English.
Here 'Sten' is a proper name, while 'sten' refers to the physical object, a stone.
Sten plockade upp en liten sten vid stranden.
Sten picked up a small stone by the beach.
'Stens' here shows possession, indicating attributes of the stone used to create the sculpture.
Jag beundrade skulpturen gjord av stens olika färger och texturer.
I admired the sculpture made of the stone's various colors and textures.
In this sentence, 'stens' serves to describe characteristics associated with 'stone' in a broader scientific context.