sterne

See also: sternë and Sterne

English

Adjective

sterne (comparative sterner, superlative sternest)

1. Obsolete spelling of stern.

Noun

sterne (plural sternes)

1. Obsolete spelling of stern.

Anagrams

• renest, Enters, enters, ternes, nester, treens, ernest, Ernest, strene, Teners, tenser, resent, Treens, Senter, rentes, entres

French

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish terne or Swedish tärna, both from Old Norse þerna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛʁn/

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• Homophone: sternes

Noun

sterne f (plural sternes)

1. tern (bird)

Derived terms

• sterne caugek

Further reading

• “sterne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• entres, entrés
• Ernest
• rentes, rentés
• ternes

Italian

Noun

sterne f

1. plural of sterna

Latin

Verb

sterne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sternō

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of sterre.

Alternative forms

• stern
• starn, starne (Northern); steorrne, sterrne (Ormulum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛrn(ə)/, (Late Middle English) /starn/

Noun

sterne (plural sternes)

1. a luminous body visible in the sky; a star or planet
2. the shape of a star

Synonyms

• sterre
• tungol
• planete

Derived terms

• blasynge sterne
• day sterne
• even sterne
• lode sterne
• se sterne
• sterne of sternes
• sterne of þe see
• sterneleme

Descendants

• English: starn (dialectal)
• Middle Scots: stern, starn
  • Scots: starn

References

• “sterne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 August 2018.

Etymology 2

Probably from the oblique forms of Old Norse stjórn, from Proto-Germanic *stiurīniz.

Alternative forms

• steerne, storne
• steorne (West Midland)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːrn(ə)/, /ˈstɛːrn(ə)/, /ˈstɛrn(ə)/

Noun

sterne (plural *sternes)

1. The stern (rear of a ship)
2. The rudder and/or helm (steering implements of a ship)
3. (rare) Instructions, guidance.

Descendants

• English: stern

References

• “sterne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• stërre, stërn

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German sterno, from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠tɛrnə/

Noun

stërne m

1. star

Declension

Declension of stërne (weak masculine)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	stërne	die	stërnen
genitive	eines	dës	stërnen	dër	stërnen
dative	eime	dëm	stërnen	dën	stërnen
accusative	einen	dën	stërnen	die	stërnen

Declension of stërne (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	stërne	die	stërne
genitive	eines	dës	stërnes	dër	stërne
dative	eime	dëm	stërne	dën	stërnen
accusative	einen	dën	stërne	die	stërne

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Stern
• Bavarian: Stean

  Cimbrian: stèrn

  Mòcheno: stern

• Central Franconian: Stään, Stär, Stären, Stern

  Hunsrik: Stern

  Luxembourgish: Stär

• German: Stern
• Vilamovian: śtaom
• Yiddish: שטערן (shtern)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition
• “sterne” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.