stein
English edit
Etymology edit
From a regional use[1] 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”). Doublet of stone. More at stean.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stein (plural steins)
- A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, “Zollenstein”, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:
- 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—coloring and all. 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.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 305:
- A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
- […] those 50 grams of resin-soaked dope, which had been so potent that on the second day it had given him an anxiety attack so paralyzing that he had gone to the bathroom in a Tufts University commemorative ceramic stein to avoid leaving his bedroom, […]
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See also edit
References edit
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]
Further reading edit
- Beer stein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Crimean Gothic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly a corruption of stern. At any rate from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Noun edit
stein
- star
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- Stein. Stella.
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
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stein
Middle High German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German stein, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stein m (plural steine)
- stone
- c. 1200, Walther von der Vogelweide, Ich saz ūf eime steine:
- Ich saz ūf eime steine
Und dahte bein mit beine.- I was sitting on a stone
Putting one leg over the other.
- I was sitting on a stone
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stein (neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)
Noun edit
stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steiner, definite plural steinene)
Alternative forms edit
- sten (all senses, also Riksmål)
Derived terms edit
- belegningsstein
- byggestein
- bygningsstein
- edelstein
- gallestein
- gravstein
- grunnstein
- hjørnestein
- kalkstein
- kampestein
- murstein
- møllestein
- nyrestein
- siltstein
- smykkestein
- småstein
- steinalder
- steinansikt
- steinarbeid
- steinblokk
- steinbrudd
- steindød
- steine
- steinete
- steingammel, steingammal
- steingjerde
- steingrunn
- steinkast
- steinkobbe
- steinmur
- steinras
- steinsirkel
- steinsprut
- steinvegg
- takstein
Verb edit
stein
- imperative of steine
References edit
- “stein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Akin to English stone.
(smoking): The adjective is a Calque of English stoned.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steinar, definite plural steinane)
Derived terms edit
- bustein
- byggestein
- bygningsstein
- edelstein
- gallestein
- gravstein
- grunnstein
- hjørnestein
- kalkstein
- kampestein
- løysingsstein
- murstein
- nyrestein
- siltstein
- smykkestein
- småstein
- stabbestein
- steinalder
- steinansikt
- steinarbeid
- steinblokk
- steindød
- steine, steina
- steinete
- steinfallos
- steingammal
- steingard
- steingjerde
- steingrunn
- steinkast
- steinkobbe
- steinmur
- steinras
- steinsirkel
- steinsprut
- steinvatn
- steinvegg
- takstein
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Male given names:
- Almstein
- Arnstein, Anstein
- Bergstein
- Botstein
- Brunstein
- Fridstein
- Frøystein
- Geirstein
- Gudstein
- Gunnstein
- Hallstein
- Havstein
- Herstein
- Holmstein
- Hunstein
- Håstein
- Jostein
- Jovurstein
- Nevstein
- Ormstein
- Ramnstein
- Revstein
- Ringstein
- Sigstein
- Stein
- Steinar
- Steinbjørn
- Steine
- Steinfinn
- Steinfrød, Steinrød
- Steingard
- Steingisl
- Steingrim
- Steinkjell
- Steinkjetil
- Steinleiv
- Steinmod
- Steinolv, Steinulv
- Steintor
- Steinvard
- Steinvord
- Torstein
- Valstein
- Vestein
- Vigstein
- Øystein, Øistein
Female given names:
Adjective edit
stein (definite singular and plural steine)
Adverb edit
stein
- (colloquial) Used as an intensifier; completely
- Dei er stein hakkande gale folk ass!
- This people are completely crazy as hell!
References edit
- “stein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Noun edit
stein m
Declension edit
case | singular | plural |
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nominative | stein | steina |
accusative | stein | steina |
genitive | steines | steino |
dative | steine | steinum |
instrumental | steinu | — |
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Old Norse edit
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