Schtäär
See also: Schtaar
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtɛːʁ/
- Rhymes: -ɛːʁ
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Noun
Schtäär m (plural Schtärreke) (Eupen)
- a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
- (astronomy) a star; the actual celestial body
- (geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
- a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
- (printing, often Schtärreke) an asterisk (*)
- (figuratively) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or somebody popular