Aster
See also: aster, áster, åster, aster-, and -aster
Translingual
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Aster amellus (Michaelmas daisy)
Etymology
From Latin aster (“star”) because of the shape of its flowers, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2][3]
Proper noun
Aster m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the asters.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Astereae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aster amellus (Michaelmas daisy) - type species; for the many species see
Aster on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Aster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Aster on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988.
- Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin aster (“star”).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Aster ?
- a male given name from Latin
Related terms
- asteroïde
- astraal (adjective)
Anagrams
- stare
German
a flower of the species Aster tataricus (Tatarian aster)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin astēr (“star”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈastɐ/
Audio (file)
Noun
Aster f (genitive Aster, plural Astern)
- (botany) aster (any of several plants of the genus Aster)
- Synonym: Sternenblume
- 1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 9, in Die Wahlverwandschaften [Elective Affinities], part 2:
- Alle sogenannten Sommergewächse, alles, was im Herbst mit Blühen nicht enden kann und sich der Kälte noch keck entgegenentwickelt, Astern besonders, waren in der größten Mannigfaltigkeit gesäet und sollten nun, überallhin verpflanzt, einen Sternhimmel über die Erde bilden.
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Declension
Declension of Aster [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Aster | die | Astern |
| genitive | einer | der | Aster | der | Astern |
| dative | einer | der | Aster | den | Astern |
| accusative | eine | die | Aster | die | Astern |
Related terms
- Asteroid
Proper noun
Aster
- a male given name from Latin
Further reading
- “Aster” in Duden online
- “Aster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache