Star

See also: star, står, and Stär

English

Proper noun

Star

1. A surname​.
2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
3. A hamlet in Somerset, England.
4. A city in Idaho.
5. A town in North Carolina.
6. A city in Russia.
7. A village in Scotland.
8. A hamlet in Wales.
9. (Britain, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

Anagrams

• RATs, RTAs, TSRA, arts, arts., rats, sart, tars, tsar

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German

Etymology 1

From Old High German stara, itself akin to Old Norse stari (whence Danish stær and Icelandic stari) and Latin sturnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaːɐ̯/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ʃtaː/ (common; especially northern and central Germany)

• audio

  (file)

• Homophone: starr (nonstandard)

Noun

Star m (genitive Stares, plural Stare)

1. starling

Declension

Declension of Star

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Star	die	Stare
genitive	eines	des	Stares, Stars	der	Stare
dative	einem	dem	Star, Stare1	den	Staren
accusative	einen	den	Star	die	Stare

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Etymology 2

Derived from starr (“rigid”). Danish stær (“cataract”) is borrowed from German Star.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaːɐ̯/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ʃtaː/ (common; especially northern and central Germany)

• audio

  (file)

• Homophone: starr (nonstandard)

Noun

Star m (genitive Stares, plural Stare)

1. cataract (an eye disease, leucoma)

Declension

Declension of Star

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Star	die	Stare
genitive	eines	des	Stares, Stars	der	Stare
dative	einem	dem	Star, Stare1	den	Staren
accusative	einen	den	Star	die	Stare

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English star.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staːɐ̯/, /ʃtaːɐ̯/ (standard; the former is more frequent)
• IPA^(key): /staː/, /ʃtaː/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)

Noun

Star m (genitive Stars, plural Stars)

1. celebrity

Declension

Declension of Star

	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

Derived terms

• Filmstar

Further reading

• Star in Duden online
• Star in Duden online