stein

Etymology

From a regional use^[1] of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a corruption of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). More at stean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staɪn/

  Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

stein (plural steins)

1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:

     So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

   • 1974, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

     A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.

References

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.

Anagrams

• Tiens, inset, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, snite, tines, tsine

Alternative forms

• stern

Etymology

Possibly a corruption of stern. At any rate from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Noun

stein

1. star
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Stein. Stella.

Noun

stein

1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staɪn/

  Rhymes: -aɪn

Adjective

stein (neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)

1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Noun

stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steiner, definite plural steinene)

1. stone
2. pip (in citrus fruit, grapes)

Verb

stein

1. imperative of steine

References

• “stein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæɪn/

Adjective

stein (neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)

1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Noun

stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steinar, definite plural steinane)

1. stone
2. pip (e.g. in citrus fruit, grapes, cherries)

References

• “stein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stein ?

1. stone

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stein m

1. stone