Stern
Meaning
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- (masculine,strong) a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
- (masculine,strong) a star; the actual celestial body
- (masculine,strong) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
- (masculine,strong) a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
- (masculine,strong) an asterisk (*)
- (figuratively,masculine,strong) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or someone popular
- (masculine,strong) A term of endearment.
- (masculine,strong) a stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star
Concepts
graphic symbol
mullet of six points
Synonyms
Asterisk
Asteriskus
Weltkörper
Stern im Zenit
sechsstrahliger Stern
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃtɛʁn/
Etymology
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.
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