# Star
## English
### Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”).
* Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”).
* As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”).
* As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”).
* As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

### Proper noun

Star
* A surname.
* A female given name from English.
** 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels: Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.
** 2019 February 7, Elly Griffiths, The Stone Circle: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 11, Hachette UK, →ISBN:Stella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.
* A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
* A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
* A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
* A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
* A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
* A city in Idaho.
* An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
* An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
* An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
* A small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
* An unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
* A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
* A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
* (UK, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

### Anagrams

* tars, sart, ARTS, arts., 'rats, tsar, tars-, ARTs, rats, Sart, srat, Srta., RATs, RAST, Arts, stra., Srta, arts, astr-, TSRA, RTAs, TRAs

## German
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German star, stare, from Old High German stara, staro, star, from Proto-West Germanic *star.
Cognate with Middle Dutch sterre, Middle Low German stār(e), Old English stær, Old Norse stari, and further with Latin sturnus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃtaːr/, [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)], [ʃtaːʁ]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: starr (some speakers)

#### Noun

Star m (strong or weak, genitive Stars or Stares or (archaic) Staren, plural Stare or (archaic) Staren)
* starling

##### Usage notes

* Weak singular declension is now rare and archaic. The plural Staren remains slightly more common, but much less common than Stare.

##### Declension

$^1$Archaic. $^2$Now rare, see notes.

##### Alternative forms

* Staar (superseded)

##### Related terms

* Starenkasten
* Starenjunges

### Etymology 2

16th-century backformation from now archaic starblind, staarblind, from Middle High German star(e)blint, from Old High German starablint (“blind or highly vision-impaired but having normal-looking eyes”). The meaning is interpreted as "blind with cloudy eyes." The first element is from *starēn (“to stare, gaze, be fixed upon”) and second element is from *blind (“blind”).
Compare Middle Dutch staerblint, Old English stæreblind. Related with starren, English stare.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃtaːr/, [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)], [ʃtaːʁ]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: starr (some speakers)

#### Noun

Star m (strong, genitive Stars or Stares, plural Stare)
* (pathology) cataract (an eye disease, leucoma)

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Alternative forms

* Staar, Stahr (superseded)

##### Hyponyms

* grauer Star
* grüner Star

##### Derived terms

* jemandem den Star stechen

##### Descendants

* → Danish: stær (“cataract”)

#### References

* ↑ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “staarblind”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

### Etymology 3

19th century, from English star. Doublet of Aster and Stern.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /staːr/, [staː(ɐ̯)], [staːʁ]
* IPA: /ʃtaːr/ (less common)

#### Noun

Star m (strong, genitive Stars, plural Stars)
* celebrity, star
    Synonyms: Prominenter, Berühmter, Berühmtheit, Sternchen

##### Hyponyms

* Filmstar
* Musikstar
* Popstar
* Pornostar
* Superstar

### Further reading

* “Star” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Star” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Star” in Duden online
* “Star” in Duden online