Holstein

See also: holstein and holst ein

English

Etymology 1

From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz (“wood”) + Sassen (“inhabitant”), German Low German Holt (“wood”) + Saten (“inhabitant”).

Proper noun

Holstein

The region between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
- 1880, Nassau William, senior, Conversations with distinguished persons during the Second Empire, volume 1, page 206:
  Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.

Derived terms

Holsteiner
Schleswig-Holstein

Translations

region

Armenian: Հոլշտայն (Holštayn)
Czech: Holštýnsko n
Danish: Holsten
German: Holstein (de)
Alemannic German: Holstei
Rhine Franconian: Holschdä (Palatine)
Icelandic: Holtsetaland (is) n

Latin: Holsatia
Low German:
German Low German: Holsteen m
North Frisian: Holstian
Russian: Го́льштейн (Gólʹštejn), Голшти́ния (ru) (Golštínija) (dated)
Swedish: Holstein

Etymology 2

From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein.

Noun

Holstein (plural Holsteins)

A type of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.
A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.

Synonyms

(dairy cattle): Friesian
(horse): Holsteiner

Proper noun

Holstein

A surname.

Derived terms

Holstein-Lewis fracture
Holstein-Primakoff transformation

Anagrams

Holstine, hot lines, hotlines, neoliths