See also: stein, stein-, and -stein

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Stein. Doublet of Stone and Steen.

Proper noun

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Stein (plural Steins)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
  2. A surname from German Stein.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Stein is the 796th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 43,389 individuals. Stein is most common among White (94.4%) individuals.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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  • (Limburg) First attested as steyne in 1263. Derived from Middle Dutch stein (stone building, castle).
  • (Zuid-Holland) First attested as steene in 1317. Named after Stein in Limburg.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stɛi̯n/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Stein
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Proper noun

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Stein n

  1. A village and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands
    Meronyms: Catsop, Berg aan de Maas, Elsloo, Kerensheide, Kleine Meers, Maasband, Meers, Nattenhoven, Nieuwdorp, Terhagen, Urmond, Veldschuur
  2. A hamlet and former municipality of Krimpenerwaard, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

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References

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “stein”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Stein.

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Stein ?

  1. a surname from German

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (stone), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-.

Cognate with Yiddish שטיין (shteyn), Dutch steen, Low German Steen, West Frisian stien, Saterland Frisian Steen, English stone, Danish sten, Swedish sten, Norwegian stein, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).

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Noun

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Stein m (strong, genitive Steins or Steines, plural Steine, diminutive Steinchen n)

  1. stone, rock
    Synonyms: Gestein, Gesteinsbrocken, Naturstein
  2. any stone-like material such as brick or concrete
  3. pit (core of a fruit)
    Synonym: Kern
  4. (games) Short for Spielstein (piece, token, tile).
  5. (historical) stone (unit of weight)
  6. (colloquial, in the plural) money, bucks
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Geld
  7. (rare, regional) stein (type of beer mug)
    Synonyms: Bierkrug, Humpen

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Proper noun

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

  1. a topographic or surname originating as an occupation

See also

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Further reading

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  • Stein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Stein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Stein” in Duden online
  • Stein” in OpenThesaurus.de
  •   Stein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Stein

  1. accusative of Steinn

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Stein.

Etymology

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From Old Norse Steinn, from steinn (stone), whence also stein. Also a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese Steinur, Icelandic Steinn, Swedish Sten, and Danish Steen, as well as English Stone.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stɛɪːn/
  • (North West) IPA(key): [stæɪ̯ːɲ], [stɛɪ̯ːɲ]
  • (South West) IPA(key): [stɛ̝ɪ̯dn], [sta̝ɪ̯dn]

Proper noun

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Stein m

  1. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “stone”

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Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Stein.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʂtajn/
  • Rhymes: -ajn
  • Syllabification: Stein

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Stein m pers

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

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Stein f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname from German

Further reading

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  • Stein in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Stein”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Stein.

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Stein m or f by sense

  1. a surname from German

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Stein.

Proper noun

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Stein m or f by sense

  1. a surname from German