Stolperstein

Significado (Inglés)

1. (masculine, strong) stumbling block (raised or uneven stone or paving slab over which someone could stumble)
2. (figuratively, masculine, strong) pitfall, obstacle, hindrance, stumbling block
3. (masculine, strong) stolperstein (small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism)

Conceptos

escollo

Sinónimos

Hindernis

Blockade

Bremsklotz

Fallstrick

Hemmnis

Hemmschuh

Hemmung

Hürde

Behinderung

Verderben

Barriere

Stolperfalle

Traducciones

obstacle

écueil

stumbling block

stolperstein

achoppement

chausse-trappe

embûche

val

piège

🪤

ostacolo

struikelblok

opstructie

opstakel

stolperstein

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʃtɔlpɐˌʃtaɪ̯n/

Etimología (Inglés)

From stolpern (“to stumble”) + Stein (“stone”). Sense 3 developed in the first decade of the 21st century, applying the figurative sense of "impediment, obstacle" back to literal blocks, though ones that cause passersby to pause and reflect rather than literally stumble.