Stolperstein

Senso (Inglese)

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)

Concetti

inciampo

ostacolo

sinonimi

Hindernis

Blockade

Bremsklotz

Fallstrick

Hemmnis

Hemmschuh

Hemmung

Hürde

Behinderung

Verderben

Barriere

Stolperfalle

Traduzioni

stumbling block

obstacle

écueil

piège

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stolperstein

achoppement

chausse-trappe

escollo

val

embûche

opstakel

stolperstein

obstáculo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈʃtɔlpɐˌʃtaɪ̯n/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.