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Stein

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Stein

Stein

See also: stein and stein-

English

Proper noun

Stein

  1. A patronymic surname​ from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
  2. A surname​ anglicized from the German surname Stein.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Old High German stein ‎(“something hard”), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *stāi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
  • plural

Noun

Stein m ‎(genitive Steines or Steins, plural Steine)

  1. stone, rock
  2. pit (core of a fruit)
  3. an old unit of weight
  4. (regional) a beer stein

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Proper noun

Stein ? ‎(genitive Stein)

  1. A topographic or occupational surname​.

See also

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Steinn, short form of compound names with the element steinn ‎(“stone”). Cognate with Swedish Sten and Danish Steen.

Proper noun

Stein

  1. A male given name.

Related terms

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 181 males with the given name Stein living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

stein

stein

See also: stein- and Stein

English

Noun

stein ‎(plural steins)

  1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:
      So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
    • 1974, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
      A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.

References

  1. ↑ stein in Duden online

Translations

References

  • Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.

Anagrams

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Possibly a corruption of stern. At any rate from Proto-Germanic *stern-, *sternô, *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun

stein

  1. star
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Stein. Stella.

Icelandic

Noun

stein

  1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /staɪn/
    Rhymes: -aɪn

Adjective

stein ‎(neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)

  1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Noun

stein m ‎(definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steiner, definite plural steinene)

  1. stone
  2. pip (in citrus fruit, grapes)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Verb

stein

  1. imperative of steine

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn

Adjective

stein ‎(neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)

  1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Noun

stein m ‎(definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steinar, definite plural steinane)

  1. stone
  2. pip (in citrus fruit, grapes)

Derived terms

References

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāino-, *stī-no- (a suffixed form of *stāi- ‎(“to be solid, to crowd together”)); cognate with Old English stān, Old Saxon stēn, Old Dutch stein#Old Dutch (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον ‎(stîon) ‘pebble’, Slavic *stēnā- (Bulgarian and Russian стена, Czech stěna ‘wall’).

Noun

stein ?

  1. stone

Etymology

From a regional use[1] of German Stein ‎(“stone”). Probably a corruption of Steingut ‎(“stoneware”) or Steinkrug ‎(“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna ‎(“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). More at stean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /staɪn/
    Rhymes: -aɪn

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