stein

See also: stein-, -stein, and Stein

English

Faience beer stein

Glass beer stein

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staɪn/

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  Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

stein (plural steins)

1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, “Zollenstein”, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:

     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—coloring and all. 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.

   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 305:

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

   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 24–25:

     […] those 50 grams of resin-soaked dope, which had been so potent that on the second day it had given him an anxiety attack so paralyzing that he had gone to the bathroom in a Tufts University commemorative ceramic stein to avoid leaving his bedroom, […]

Related terms

• Stein
• steinstrasse

Translations

a beer mug

• Bulgarian: керамична халба f (keramična halba)
• Catalan: boc (ca) m
• Dutch: bierpul (nl) f
• Finnish: oluttuoppi (fi)
• French: chope (fr) f
• German: Bierkrug (de) m, Bierglas (de) n, Bierseidel (de) n, Seidel (de) n, Maßkrug (de) m, Maß (de) f, Steinkrug m, Humpen (de) m
• Ingrian: tooppi
• Italian: boccale (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: seidel (no) m, ølkrus n

• Polish: kufel (pl) m
• Romanian: halbă (ro) f
• Swedish: stop (sv) n
• Turkish: bira kupası
• Ukrainian: ку́холь m (kúxolʹ)
• Volapük: biraköp (vo)

See also

• beer glass
• tankard

References

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

Further reading

• Beer stein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

Crimean Gothic

Alternative forms

• stern

Etymology

Possibly a writing 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.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steiːn/

Noun

stein

1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German stein, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̠tɛi̯n/

Noun

stein m (plural steine)

1. stone
   • c. 1200, Walther von der Vogelweide, Ich saz ūf eime steine:

     Ich saz ūf eime steine
     Und dahte bein mit beine.

     I was sitting on a stone
     Putting one leg over the other.

Declension

Declension of stein (masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	stein	die	steine
genitive	eines	dës	steines	dër	steine
dative	eime	dëm	steine	dën	steinen
accusative	einen	dën	stein	die	steine

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæɪn/
• Rhymes: -æɪn

Noun

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

1. (geology, masonry) stone, rock (earthen substance)
2. (masonry, also) brick, stone substitute
3. (jewelry) gem, gemstone
4. (botany) stone, pit of a stonefruit
5. (medicine) stone, hardened tissue (as in kidney stone etc.)
6. (informal) testicle, ball

Alternative forms

• sten (in senses 1 and 2 Riksmål only; otherwise official)

Derived terms

• belegningsstein
• byggestein
• bygningsstein
• edelstein
• gallestein
• gravstein
• grunnstein
• hjørnestein
• kalkstein
• kampestein
• murstein
• møllestein
• nyrestein
• siltstein
• smykkestein
• småstein
• steinalder
• steinansikt
• steinarbeid
• steinblokk
• steinbrudd
• steindød
• steine
• steinete
• steingammel, steingammal
• steingjerde
• steingrunn
• steinkast
• steinkobbe
• steinmur
• steinras
• steinsirkel
• steinsprut
• steinvegg
• takstein

 

Adjective

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

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

Verb

stein

1. imperative of steine

References

• “stein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• steidn (noun; dialectal, non-standard)
• steinsens (adverb)

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Akin to English stone.

(smoking): The adjective is a Calque of English stoned.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛɪːn/

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• bustein
• byggestein
• bygningsstein
• edelstein
• gallestein
• gravstein
• grunnstein
• hjørnestein
• kalkstein
• kampestein
• løysingsstein
• murstein
• nyrestein
• siltstein
• smykkestein
• småstein
• stabbestein
• steinalder
• steinansikt
• steinarbeid
• steinblokk
• steindød
• steine, steina
• steinete
• steinfallos
• steingammal
• steingard
• steingjerde
• steingrunn
• steinkast
• steinkobbe
• steinmur
• steinras
• steinsirkel
• steinsprut
• steinvatn
• steinvegg
• takstein

 

Related terms

Male given names:

• Almstein
• Arnstein, Anstein
• Bergstein
• Botstein
• Brunstein
• Fridstein
• Frøystein
• Geirstein
• Gudstein
• Gunnstein
• Hallstein
• Havstein
• Herstein
• Holmstein
• Hunstein
• Håstein
• Jostein
• Jovurstein
• Nevstein
• Ormstein
• Ramnstein
• Revstein
• Ringstein
• Sigstein
• Stein
• Steinar
• Steinbjørn
• Steine
• Steinfinn
• Steinfrød, Steinrød
• Steingard
• Steingisl
• Steingrim
• Steinkjell
• Steinkjetil
• Steinleiv
• Steinmod
• Steinolv, Steinulv
• Steintor
• Steinvard
• Steinvord
• Torstein
• Valstein
• Vestein
• Vigstein
• Øystein, Øistein

 

Female given names:

• Steina
• Steinbjørg
• Steinfrid, Steinrid
• Steingjerd
• Steinhild
• Steinlaug
• Steinny
• Steinunn
• Steinvor
• Steinøy

 

Adjective

stein (definite singular and plural steine)

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

Adverb

stein

1. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier; completely

   Dei er stein hakkande gale folk ass!

   This people are completely crazy as hell!

References

• “stein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stein m

1. stone

Declension

Declension of stein (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	stein	steina
accusative	stein	steina
genitive	steines	steino
dative	steine	steinum
instrumental	steinu	—

Derived terms

• agatstein
• fiurstein
• flinsstein
• griozstein
• salzstein
• santstein
• senkilstein
• steinofan

Descendants

• Middle High German: stein
  • Alemannic German: Steei

    Swabian: Schdoi, Schdoa

  • Bavarian: Staa, Stan, Stoa, Stoan, Stuan
  • Central Franconian: Stään, Steen, Stein

    Hunsrik: Steen, xtayn

    Transylvanian Saxon: Stien

  • German: Stein
  • Luxembourgish: Steen
  • Vilamovian: śtan
  • Yiddish: שטיין (shteyn)

Old Norse

Noun

stein

1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn