Aster

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See also: aster, áster, åster, aster-, and -aster

Translingual[edit]

Aster amellus (Michaelmas daisy)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aster (“star”) because of the shape of its flowers, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2][3]

Proper noun[edit]

Aster m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – asters.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988.
  2. ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
  3. ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aster (“star”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Aster ?

  1. a male given name from Latin

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a flower of the species Aster tataricus (Tatarian aster)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin astēr (“star”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Aster f (genitive Aster, plural Astern)

  1. (botany) aster (any of several plants of the genus Aster)
    Synonym: Sternenblume
    • 1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 9, in Die Wahlverwandschaften [Elective Affinities]‎[1], part 2:
      Alle sogenannten Sommergewächse, alles, was im Herbst mit Blühen nicht enden kann und sich der Kälte noch keck entgegenentwickelt, Astern besonders, waren in der größten Mannigfaltigkeit gesäet und sollten nun, überallhin verpflanzt, einen Sternhimmel über die Erde bilden.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Aster [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Aster die Astern
genitive einer der Aster der Astern
dative einer der Aster den Astern
accusative eine die Aster die Astern

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Proper noun[edit]

Aster

  1. a male given name from Latin

Further reading[edit]

  • “Aster” in Duden online
  • “Aster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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