Stern

Betekenis

Noun

1. (masculine,strong) a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
2. (masculine,strong) a star; the actual celestial body
3. (masculine,strong) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
4. (masculine,strong) a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
5. (masculine,strong) an asterisk (*)
6. (figuratively,masculine,strong) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or someone popular
7. (masculine,strong) A term of endearment.
8. (masculine,strong) a stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star

Name

a surname

Geslacht

♂️ Mannelijk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʃtɛʁn/

Etymologie

From Middle High German stërne, from Old High German sterno, from Proto-West Germanic *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, *sternô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
See also Dutch ster (“star”), Old English steorra (“star”) (Modern English star), Danish stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō); also Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) and Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”). Doublet of Aster and Star.