Stern

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See also: stern and stern-

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Stern (plural Sterns)

  1. A surname.

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Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Stern.

Proper noun[edit]

Stern ?

  1. a surname from German

German[edit]

Sterne am Nachthimmel — Stars in the night sky (1, 2)
Eine Animation des Sterns Sirius — An animation of the star Sirius. (2)
Auf der Flagge von Chile ist ein weißer Stern. — There is a white star on the flag of Chile. (3,4)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German sterno, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, *sternô (compare Dutch ster (“star”), Old English steorra (“star”) (Modern English star), Danish stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Further cognates include Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) and Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃtɛʁn/, [ʃtɛʁn], [ʃtɛɐ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁn
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Noun[edit]

Stern m (strong, genitive Sternes or Sterns, plural Sterne, diminutive Sternchen n or Sternlein n)

  1. a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
    Morgenstern ― morning star
    Barnards Stern ― Barnard's Star
  2. (astronomy) a star; the actual celestial body
    Synonyms: Gestirn n, Sonne f
  3. (geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
    fünfzackiger Stern ― five-pointed star
    Davidstern ― Star of David
    Sternenbanner ― stars and stripes (the flag of the USA)
    NATO-Stern ― NATO star
    der rote Stern ― the red star
  4. a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
    Fünf-Sterne-Hotel ― five-star hotel
  5. (printing, often Sternchen) an asterisk (*)
    Synonym: Asterisk m
    • 2007, Klaus M. Rodewig, Amin Negm-Awad, Objective-C und Cocoa: Programmieren unter Apple Mac OS X, 2nd edition, page 83:
      Bei der Deklaration eines Zeigers kann der Stern (Asterisk) sowohl beim Namen der Variablen (int *zahl) als auch beim Datentyp (int* zahl) stehen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  6. (figuratively, chiefly Sternchen) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or somebody popular
    Synonym: Star m
    ein Schlagerstern(chen) ― a schlager-music starlet
  7. A term of endearment.
  8. (meteorology) a stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star

Usage notes[edit]

  • In the diminutive, the predominant contemporary usage is to employ Sternlein in the sense of “luminous dot” and Sternchen in all other senses.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Stern [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stern die Sterne
genitive eines des Sternes, Sterns der Sterne
dative einem dem Stern, Sterne1 den Sternen
accusative einen den Stern die Sterne

1Now rare, see notes.

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Proper noun[edit]

Stern m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sterns or (with an article) Stern, feminine genitive Stern, plural Sterns)

  1. a surname

Further reading[edit]

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Stern m (plural Stern, diminutive Sternche)

  1. star

Noun[edit]

Stern f (plural Sterne)

  1. forehead

Further reading[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Stern.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /stɛrn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrn
  • Syllabification: Stern

Proper noun[edit]

Stern m pers

  1. a male surname from German

Declension[edit]

Declension of Stern
singular plural
nominative Stern Sternowie
genitive Sterna Sternów
dative Sternowi Sternom
accusative Sterna Sternów
instrumental Sternem Sternami
locative Sternie Sternach
vocative Sternie Sternowie

Proper noun[edit]

Stern f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname from German

Further reading[edit]

  • Stern in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Stern.

Proper noun[edit]

Stern m or f by sense

  1. a surname from German

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Stern.

Proper noun[edit]

Stern m or f by sense

  1. a surname from German
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