Steiner

See also: steiner

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Steiner.

Proper noun

Steiner (countable and uncountable, plural Steiners)

1. A surname from German.
2. A ghost town in Monroe County, Michigan, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.

Derived terms

• Steinerian
• Steiner point
• Steiner's spiral nematode
• Steiner system
• Steiner tree
• Steiner triple

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Steiner is the 1511^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23735 individuals. Steiner is most common among White (94.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Steiner”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• entires, entiers, trienes, steerin', entries, reinest, nerites

German

Regional distribution of the surname Steiner in Germany in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

Regional distribution of the surname Steiner in Austria in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtaɪ̯nɐ]

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• Hyphenation: Stei‧ner

Proper noun

Steiner m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Steiners or (with an article) Steiner, feminine genitive Steiner, plural Steiners or Steiner)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Stein, Steinbach, Steinberg, Steinberger, Steinburg, Steinbusch
• Steinhoff, Steinhöfel, Steinmeier, Steinwald, Steinwurf, Steinzeug