stein

See also: stein- and Stein

English

Etymology

From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping 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

Noun

stein (plural steins)

1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:

     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

Translations

A beer mug

• Finnish: oluttuoppi (fi)
• French: chope (fr) f
• German: Bierkrug (de) m, Bierglas (de) n, Bierseidel (de) n, Seidel (de) n, Maßkrug (de) m, Maß (de) f, Steinkrug m, Humpen (de) m

• Polish: kufel (pl) m
• Volapük: biraköp (vo)

References

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

Anagrams

• Tiens, inset, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, snite, tines, tsine

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Crimean Gothic

Alternative forms

• stern

Etymology

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

Noun

stein

1. star
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Stein. Stella.

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Icelandic

Noun

stein

1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn

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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

• sten (Bokmål)

Derived terms

Terms derived from stein

• belegningsstein
• byggestein
• edelstein
• gravstein
• grunnstein
• hjørnestein
• kalkstein
• kampestein
• murstein
• nyrestein

• småstein
• steinalder
• steinansikt
• steinarbeid
• steinblokk
• steinbrudd
• steindød
• steine
• steinete

• steingammel, steingammal
• steinkast
• steinkobbe
• steinmur
• steinras
• steinsirkel
• steinsprut
• steinvegg
• takstein

Verb

stein

1. imperative of steine

References

• “stein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæɪn/

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 (e.g. in citrus fruit, grapes, cherries)

Derived terms

Terms derived from stein

• byggestein
• edelstein
• gravstein
• grunnstein
• hjørnestein
• kalkstein
• kampestein
• murstein
• nyrestein
• småstein

• stabbestein
• steinalder
• steinansikt
• steinarbeid
• steinblokk
• steindød
• steine, steina
• steinete
• steingammal

• steingard
• steinkast
• steinkobbe
• steinmur
• steinras
• steinsirkel
• steinsprut
• steinvegg
• takstein

References

• “stein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stēin m

1. stone

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stein m

1. stone

Descendants

• Middle High German: stein
  • Central Franconian: Stään, Steen, Stein
    • Hunsrik: Steen, xtayn
  • German: Stein
    • → Esperanto: ŝtono
  • Luxembourgish: Steen
  • Vilamovian: śtan
  • Yiddish: שטיין‎ (shteyn)