Stern
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As a German and Jewish surname, from the noun Stern (“star”). This was also borrowed into various Slavic languages such as Serbo-Crotian and Slovenian.
- As an English surname, from the adjective stern.
Proper noun
[edit]Stern (plural Sterns)
- A surname.
Derived terms
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Stern ?
- a surname from German
German
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German stërne, from Old High German sterno, from Proto-West Germanic *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, *sternô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
See also Dutch ster (“star”), Old English steorra (“star”) (Modern English star), Danish stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō); also Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) and Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”). Doublet of Aster and Star.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Stern m (strong, genitive Sternes or Sterns, plural Sterne, diminutive Sternchen n or Sternlein n)
- a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
- Droben am Himmel funkelten die Sterne in seltener Pracht.
- Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.
- Morgenstern ― morning star
- Barnards Stern ― Barnard's Star
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
- (astronomy) a star; the actual celestial body
- (geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
- fünfzackiger Stern ― five-pointed star
- Davidstern ― Star of David
- Sternenbanner ― stars and stripes
- NATO-Stern ― NATO star
- der rote Stern ― the red star
- a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
- Fünf-Sterne-Hotel ― five-star hotel
- (printing, often Sternchen) an asterisk (*)
- Synonym: Asterisk m
- 2007, Klaus M. Rodewig, Amin Negm-Awad, Objective-C und Cocoa: Programmieren unter Apple Mac OS X, 2nd edition, page 83:
- Bei der Deklaration eines Zeigers kann der Stern (Asterisk) sowohl beim Namen der Variablen (int *zahl) als auch beim Datentyp (int* zahl) stehen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figuratively, chiefly Sternchen) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or someone popular
- A term of endearment.
- (meteorology) a stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star
Usage notes
[edit]- In the diminutive, the predominant contemporary usage is to employ Sternlein in the sense of “luminous dot” and Sternchen in all other senses.
Declension
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[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- Sonne f
Derived terms
[edit]- Abendstern
- Allerstern
- Augenstern
- bestirnt
- Blauer Riese
- Blumenstern
- Blütenstern
- Brauner Zwerg
- Bruststern
- Davidstern
- Doppelstern
- Einzelstern
- Fixstern
- Fröbelstern
- Glücksstern
- Goldstern
- Haufenstern
- Hefestern
- Hundsstern
- in den Sternen stehen
- Irrstern
- Judenstern
- Leitstern
- Mehrfachstern
- Milchstraßenstern
- Morgenstern
- Neutronenstern
- Papierstern
- Polarstern
- Rautenstern
- Riesenstern
- Roter Riese
- Roter Zwerg
- Schlagerstern
- Schwanzstern
- Schwarzer Zwerg
- Schwarzes Loch
- Schweifstern
- Seestern
- Silberstern
- Standstern
- sternbesät
- Sternbild
- Sternchen
- Sterndeutung
- Sternehotel
- sternenartig
- Sternengesang
- Sternenhimmel
- Sternenlicht
- Sternenmeer
- Sternennacht
- Sternennebel
- Sternenschiff
- Sternenstadt
- Sternenstaub
- Sternensystem
- Sternentor
- Sternentstehung
- sternförmig
- sternhagelvoll
- Sternhaufen
- Sternkreuzung
- Sternnebel
- Sternschnuppe
- Sternsystem
- Sternwolken
- Strohstern
- Unglücksstern
- Unheilsstern
- Wandelstern
- Weihnachtsstern
- Weißer Zwerg
- Zimtstern
See also
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Stern m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sterns or (with an article) Stern, feminine genitive Stern, plural Sterns)
- a surname
Further reading
[edit]- “Stern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stern” in Duden online
Stern on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Stern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German stërne, from Old High German sterno.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Stern m (plural Stern, diminutive Sternche)
Noun
[edit]Stern f (plural Sterne)
Further reading
[edit]Polish
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[edit]Stern m pers
- a male surname from German
Declension
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[edit]Stern f (indeclinable)
- a female surname from German
Further reading
[edit]- Stern in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Stern m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Spanish
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[edit]Stern m or f by sense
- a surname from German
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