Holstein

See also: holstein, holst ein, and Hollstein

English

From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz (“wood”) + Sassen (“inhabitant”), German Low German Holt (“wood”) + Saten (“inhabitant”).

Holstein

A geographic region and former duchy between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Synonym: Holsatia
- 1880, Nassau William, senior, Conversations with distinguished persons during the Second Empire, volume 1, page 206:
  Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.

region

Armenian: Հոլշտայն (Holštayn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 荷爾斯泰因 / 荷尔斯泰因 (Hé'ěrsītàiyīn)
Czech: Holštýnsko (cs) n
Danish: Holsten
Georgian: ჰოლშტაინი (holšṭaini)
German: Holstein (de)
Alemannic German: Holstei

Rhine Franconian: Holschdä (Palatine)
Greek: Χόλσταϊν (Chólstaïn)
Icelandic: Holtsetaland (is) n
Kashubian: Hòlsztin
Latin: Holsatia
Latvian: Holšteina
Lithuanian: Holšteinas
Low German:
German Low German: Holsteen m
North Frisian: Holstian
Old Norse: Holtsetaland, Hollsetaland n
Polish: Holsztyn (pl)
Portuguese: Holsácia f, Holstein m
Russian: Го́льштейн (Gólʹštejn), Голшти́ния (ru) (Golštínija) (dated)
Swedish: Holstein
Thai: ฮ็อลชไตน์

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Holstein Friesian

Wikipedia

A Holstein Friesian cow.

From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein.

Holstein (plural Holsteins)

A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.
Synonym: Friesian
- 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.5, at p.117:
  At the height of things, Bride Lake Farms had milked a herd of sixty-five registered Holsteins. Every other day, the Hood Dairy truck would pull up, pump nine thousand pounds of raw milk out of the tank, and drive it off for processing.
A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.
Synonym: Holsteiner

Holstein (plural Holsteins)