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das Stern

noun · /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 (“celebrity”).

Translation

  1. a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky masculine, strong

    1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11

    Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.

    Und die Sterne gingen mit dem nächtlichen Dunkel, der Morgen graute, […]

    And the stars went away with the dark of the night, the morning dawned, […]

    Morgenstern

    morning star

    Barnards Stern

    Barnard's Star

  2. a star; the actual celestial body masculine, strong
  3. a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object masculine, strong

    fünfzackiger Stern

    five-pointed star

    Davidstern

    Star of David

    Sternenbanner

    stars and stripes

    NATO-Stern

    NATO star

    der rote Stern

    the red star

  4. a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc. masculine, strong

    Fünf-Sterne-Hotel

    five-star hotel

  5. an asterisk (*) masculine, strong

    Bei der Deklaration eines Zeigers kann der Stern (Asterisk) sowohl beim Namen der Variablen (int *zahl) als auch beim Datentyp (int* zahl) stehen.

  6. a star, starlet, celebrity, something or someone popular figuratively, masculine, strong

    ein Schlagerstern(chen)

    a schlager-music starlet

  7. A term of endearment. masculine, strong
  8. a stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star masculine, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Stern Sterne
Accusative Stern Sterne
Dative Stern Sternen
Genitive Sternes Sterne

Stern

name · /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 (“celebrity”).

Translation

  1. a surname feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname

Stern

noun ·

Translation

  1. asterisk source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  2. star source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. star source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en

Stern

adj ·

Translation

  1. sidereal source:wikdict-en-de-stardict