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English

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Etymology

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  • As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”).
  • Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”).
  • As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”).
  • As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”).
  • As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Star (countable and uncountable, plural Stars)

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name from English.
    • 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels: Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:
      Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.
    • 2019 February 7, Elly Griffiths, The Stone Circle: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 11, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      Stella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.
  3. A placename.
    1. A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
    2. A place in Russia
      1. A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
      2. A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
    3. A place in the United Kingdom
      1. A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
      2. A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
      3. A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
      4. A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
    4. A place in the United States
      1. A city in Idaho.
      2. An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
      3. An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
      4. An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
      5. A small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
      6. An unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
  4. (UK, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

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Anagrams

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German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German star, stare, from Old High German stara, staro, star, from Proto-West Germanic *star.

Cognate with Middle Dutch sterre, Middle Low German stār(e), Old English stær, Old Norse stari, and further with Latin sturnus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃtaːr/, [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)], [ʃtaːʁ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: starr (some speakers)

Noun

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Star m (strong or weak, genitive Stars or Stares or (archaic) Staren, plural Stare or (archaic) Staren)

  1. starling
Usage notes
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  • Weak singular declension is now rare and archaic. The plural Staren remains slightly more common, but much less common than Stare.
Declension
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Declension of Star [masculine, strong // weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Star die Stare, Staren1
genitive eines des Stars, Stares, Staren1 der Stare, Staren1
dative einem dem Star, Stare2, Staren1 den Staren
accusative einen den Star, Staren1 die Stare, Staren1

1Archaic.
2Now rare, see notes.

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Etymology 2

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16th-century backformation from now archaic starblind, staarblind, from Middle High German star(e)blint, from Old High German starablint (“blind or highly vision-impaired but having normal-looking eyes”). The meaning is interpreted as "blind with cloudy eyes." The first element is from *starēn (“to stare, gaze, be fixed upon”) and second element is from *blind (“blind”).[1]

Compare Middle Dutch staerblint, Old English stæreblind. Related with starren, English stare.

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Noun

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Star m (strong, genitive Stars or Stares, plural Stare)

  2. (pathology) cataract (an eye disease, leucoma)
Declension
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Declension of Star [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Star die Stare
genitive eines des Stars, Stares der Stare
dative einem dem Star, Stare1 den Staren
accusative einen den Star die Stare

1Now rare, see notes.

Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Danish: stær (“cataract”)

References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “staarblind”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 3

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    19th century, from English star. Doublet of Aster and Stern.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /staːr/, [staː(ɐ̯)], [staːʁ]
    • IPA(key): /ʃtaːr/ (less common)

    Noun

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    Star m (strong, genitive Stars, plural Stars)

    1. celebrity, star
      Synonyms: Prominenter, Berühmter, Berühmtheit, Sternchen
    Declension
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    Declension of Star [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Star die Stars
    genitive eines des Stars der Stars
    dative einem dem Star den Stars
    accusative einen den Star die Stars
    Hyponyms
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    Further reading

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    • “Star”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Star” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Star” in Duden online
    • “Star” in Duden online

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