Stern
See also: stern and stern-
English
Alternative forms
- Sterne
Proper noun
Stern (plural Sterns)
- A surname.
Anagrams
- 'rents, Ernst, Snert, nerts, rents, snert, terns
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern.
Proper noun
Stern ?
- a surname from German
German
| Picture dictionary | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
|
Sterne am Nachthimmel — Stars in the night sky (1, 2)
Eine Animation des Sterns Sirius — An animation of the star Sirius. (2)
Auf der Flagge von Chile ist ein weißer Stern. — There is a white star on the flag of Chile. (3,4)
Etymology
From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German sterno, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, *sternô (compare Dutch ster (“star”), Old English steorra (“star”) (Modern English star), Danish stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Further cognates include Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) and Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtɛʁn/, [ʃtɛʁn], [ʃtɛɐ̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɛʁn
audio (file) audio (file)
Noun
Stern m (strong, genitive Sternes or Sterns, plural Sterne, diminutive Sternchen n or Sternlein n)
- a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
- Droben am Himmel funkelten die Sterne in seltener Pracht.
- Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.
- Morgenstern ― morning star
- Barnards Stern ― Barnard's Star
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
- (astronomy) a star; the actual celestial body
- Synonyms: Gestirn n, Sonne f
- (geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
- fünfzackiger Stern ― five-pointed star
- Davidstern ― Star of David
- Sternenbanner ― stars and stripes
- NATO-Stern ― NATO star
- der rote Stern ― the red star
- a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
- Fünf-Sterne-Hotel ― five-star hotel
- (printing, often Sternchen) an asterisk (*)
- Synonym: Asterisk m
- 2007, Klaus M. Rodewig and Amin Negm-Awad, Objective-C und Cocoa: Programmieren unter Apple Mac OS X, 2nd edition, page 83:
- Bei der Deklaration eines Zeigers kann der Stern (Asterisk) sowohl beim Namen der Variablen (int *zahl) als auch beim Datentyp (int* zahl) stehen.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (figuratively, chiefly Sternchen) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or somebody popular
- Synonym: Star m
- ein Schlagerstern(chen) ― a schlager-music starlet
- A term of endearment.
- (meteorology) a stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star
Usage notes
- In the diminutive, the predominant contemporary usage is to employ Sternlein in the sense of “luminous dot” and Sternchen in all other senses.
Declension
Declension of Stern [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Stern | die | Sterne |
| genitive | eines | des | Sternes, Sterns | der | Sterne |
| dative | einem | dem | Stern, Sterne1 | den | Sternen |
| accusative | einen | den | Stern | die | Sterne |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Hypernyms
- Himmelskörper m
Hyponyms
- Sonne f
Derived terms
- Abendstern
- Allerstern
- Augenstern
- bestirnt
- Blauer Riese
- Blumenstern
- Blütenstern
- Brauner Zwerg
- Bruststern
- Davidstern
- Doppelstern
- Fixstern
- Fröbelstern
- Glücksstern
- Goldstern
- Haufenstern
- Hefestern
- Hundsstern
- in den Sternen stehen
- Irrstern
- Judenstern
- Leitstern
- Mehrfachstern
- Milchstraßenstern
- Morgenstern
- Neutronenstern
- Papierstern
- Polarstern
- Rautenstern
- Riesenstern
- Roter Riese
- Roter Zwerg
- Schlagerstern
- Schwanzstern
- Schwarzer Zwerg
- Schwarzes Loch
- Schweifstern
- Seestern
- Silberstern
- Standstern
- sternbesät
- Sternbild
- Sternchen
- Sterndeutung
- Sternehotel
- sternenartig
- Sternengesang
- Sternenhimmel
- Sternenlicht
- Sternenmeer
- Sternennacht
- Sternennebel
- Sternenschiff
- Sternenstadt
- Sternenstaub
- Sternensystem
- Sternentor
- Sternentstehung
- sternförmig
- sternhagelvoll
- Sternhaufen
- Sternkreuzung
- Sternnebel
- Sternschnuppe
- Sternsystem
- Sternwolken
- Strohstern
- Unglücksstern
- Unheilsstern
- Wandelstern
- Weihnachtsstern
- Weißer Zwerg
- Zimtstern
See also
- Planet m
- Sonne f
Proper noun
Stern m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sterns or (with an article) Stern, feminine genitive Stern, plural Sterns)
- a surname
Further reading
- “Stern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stern” in Duden online
Stern on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Stern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtɛn/
Noun
Stern m (plural Stern, diminutive Sternche)
- star
Noun
Stern f (plural Sterne)
- forehead
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɛrn/
- Rhymes: -ɛrn
- Syllabification: Stern
Proper noun
Stern m pers or f
- a masculine surname from German
- a feminine surname from German
Declension
Masculine surname:
Declension of Stern
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Stern | Sternowie |
| genitive | Sterna | Sternów |
| dative | Sternowi | Sternom |
| accusative | Sterna | Sternów |
| instrumental | Sternem | Sternami |
| locative | Sternie | Sternach |
| vocative | Sternie | Sternowie |
The feminine surname is indeclinable.
Derived terms
- Sternowa
- Sternówna
See also
- Appendix:Polish surnames
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern.
Proper noun
Stern m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern.
Proper noun
Stern m or f
- a surname from German