Einstein

Einstein

See also: einstein

English

Albert Einstein

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪnstaɪn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪn

Proper noun

Einstein (plural Einsteins)

1. Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
   • 1919 November 10, “LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS”, New York Times

     Men of Science More or Less Agog Over Results of Eclipse Observations.

     EINSTEIN THEORY TRIUMPHS

     Stars Not Where They Seemed or Were Calculated to be, but Nobody Need Worry.

     A BOOK FOR 12 WISE MEN

     No More in All the World Could Comprehend it, Said Einstein When His Daring Publishers Accepted it.

   • 1977, James Taylor, “Secret O’ Life”, JT, Columbia Records

     Einstein said he could never understand it all / Planets spinning through space

   • 1993, Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile:

     Gaston: Picasso, Einstein, Schmendiman. Somehow it doesn't have a ring.

   • 2000 January 22, Carl Kasell (announcer), “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio

     If Einstein, my dear / Were a toll booth cashier / I imagine he too would be [bored]

2. A surname from German.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• einstein
• Einstein field equation
• Einsteinian
• Einsteinian relativity
• einsteinium
• Einstein's constant

Translations

Albert Einstein

Arabic: أَيْنْشْتَايْن‎ m (ʾaynštāyn) Armenian: Այնշտայն (Aynštayn) Belarusian: Эйнштэ́йн m (Ejnštéjn) Bengali: আইনস্টাইন (ainôsṭain) Bulgarian: Айнщайн m (Ajnštajn) Chinese: Cantonese: 愛因斯坦, 爱因斯坦 (oi3 jan1 si1 taan2) Mandarin: 愛因斯坦／爱因斯坦 (zh) (Àiyīnsītǎn) Danish: Einstein Dutch: Einstein Esperanto: Einstein Finnish: Einstein (fi) French: Einstein (fr) German: Einstein (de) Greek: Αϊνστάιν (el) m (Aïnstáin) Hebrew: איינשטיין‎ (Aynshteyn) Hindi: आइनस्टाइन (āinasṭāin) Interlingua: Einstein Italian: Einstein Japanese: アインシュタイン (ja) (Ainshutain) Korean: 아인슈타인 (ainsyutain) Macedonian: Ајнштајн m (Ajnštajn) Marathi: आइनस्टाइन m (āinasṭāin) Navajo: hastiin Einstein Norwegian: Bokmål: Einstein Nynorsk: Einstein Persian: اینشتین‎ (fa) Polish: Einstein (pl) m Portuguese: Einstein Russian: Эйнште́йн (ru) m (Ejnštɛ́jn) Serbo-Croatian: Ајнштајн m (Ajnštajn) Spanish: Einstein Thai: ไอน์สไตน์ (aisàdtai) Ukrainian: Ейнште́йн m (Ejnštéjn) Urdu: آئنسٹائن‎ Yiddish: אײַנשטיין‎ (aynshteyn)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Einstein is the 34390^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 659 individuals. Einstein is most common among White (94.54%) individuals.

Noun

Einstein (plural Einsteins)

1. (sometimes sarcastic) An extremely clever or intelligent person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:know-it-all

   Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.

   Good job, Einstein, thinking you could grab the wires with your pliers.

Synonyms

• Albert Einstein

Anagrams

• Nineties, nineties

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German

Etymology

The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ("to enclose or surround with stone");[1] see ein-, Stein, and -en. The "an extremely intelligent person" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Proper noun

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

1. a surname, notably of Albert Einstein

Declension

Declension of Einstein [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Einstein	(eine)	(die)	Einstein	(die)	Einsteins
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Einsteins, Einstein1	(einer)	(der)	Einstein	(der)	Einsteins
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Einstein	(einer)	(der)	Einstein	(den)	Einsteins
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Einstein	(eine)	(die)	Einstein	(die)	Einsteins

¹With an article.

Noun

Einstein m

1. An extremely intelligent person.

Synonyms

• Columbo (a person stating the obvious)

References

1. Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Einstein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 518:

   1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ‘to enclose or surround with stone’. In the unsettled social climate of the Middle Ages even relatively minor settlements were commonly surrounded with stone walls as a defense against attack. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name composed of German ein ‘one’ + Stein ‘stone’.

Further reading

• “Einstein” in Duden online

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈajn.ʂtajn/
• Rhymes: -ajnʂtajn
• Syllabification: Ein‧stein
• Homophones: ajnsztajn, einstein

Proper noun

Einstein m pers

1. (physics) Albert Einstein

Declension

Declension of Einstein

	singular
nominative	Einstein
genitive	Einsteina
dative	Einsteinowi
accusative	Einsteina
instrumental	Einsteinem
locative	Einsteinie
vocative	Einsteinie

Derived terms

nouns

• ajnsztajn
• einstein

 

Further reading

• Einstein in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Einstein in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Einstein.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaj̃s.taj̃/

Proper noun

Einstein m or f by sense

1. Einstein (Albert Einstein, German theoretical physicist)
2. a surname from German

Noun

Einstein m (invariable)

1. an Einstein (an extremely intelligent or wise person)