stein

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See also: stein-, -stein, and Stein

English

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Faience beer stein
Glass beer stein

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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stein (plural steins)

  1. 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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Translations

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See also

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References

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  • Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]
  1. ^ “stein” in Duden online

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Crimean Gothic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly a writing corruption of stern. At any rate from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun

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stein

  1. star
    • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
      Stein. Stella.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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stein

  1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn

Middle High German

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Etymology

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From Old High German stein, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stein m (plural steine)

  1. 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.

Declension

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Declension of stein (masculine, class 1 strong)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër stein die steine
genitive eines dës steines dër steine
dative eime dëm steine dën steinen
accusative einen dën stein die steine

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steiner, definite plural steinene)

  1. (geology, masonry) stone, rock (earthen substance)
  2. (masonry, also) brick, stone substitute
  3. (jewelry) gem, gemstone
  4. (botany) stone, pit of a stonefruit
  5. (medicine) stone, hardened tissue (as in kidney stone etc.)
  6. (informal) testicle, ball

Alternative forms

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  • sten (in senses 1 and 2 Riksmål only; otherwise official)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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stein (neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)

  1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Verb

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stein

  1. imperative of steine

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Akin to English stone.

(smoking): The adjective is a Calque of English stoned.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steinar, definite plural steinane)

  1. stone
  2. pip (e.g. in citrus fruit, grapes, cherries)

Derived terms

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Male given names:

Female given names:

Adjective

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stein (definite singular and plural steine)

  1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Adverb

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stein

  1. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier; completely
    Dei er stein hakkande gale folk ass!
    This people are completely crazy as hell!

References

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

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stein m

  1. stone

Declension

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Declension of stein (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative stein steina
accusative stein steina
genitive steines steino
dative steine steinum
instrumental steinu —

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Old Norse

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Noun

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stein

  1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn
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