# stein
## English
### Etymology

From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). Doublet of stone. More at stean.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /staɪn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -aɪn

### Noun

stein (plural steins)
* A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
** 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, “Zollenstein”, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein—coloring and all. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
** 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 305:A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
** 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 24–25:[…] those 50 grams of resin-soaked dope, which had been so potent that on the second day it had given him an anxiety attack so paralyzing that he had gone to the bathroom in a Tufts University commemorative ceramic stein to avoid leaving his bedroom, […]

#### Related terms

* Stein
* steinstrasse

#### Translations
### See also

* beer glass
* tankard

### References

* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.
* ↑ “stein” in Duden online

### Further reading

* Beer stein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Tiens, set in, senti, Tines, nites, tsien, snite, set-in, tsine, neist, inset, sient, tines

## Crimean Gothic
### Alternative forms

* stern

### Etymology

Possibly a writing corruption of stern. At any rate from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

### Noun

stein
* star
** 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
    Stein. Stella.

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /steiːn/

### Noun

stein
* indefinite accusative singular of steinn

## Middle High German
### Etymology

From Old High German stein, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̠tɛi̯n/

### Noun

stein m (plural steine)
* stone
** c. 1200, Walther von der Vogelweide, Ich saz ūf eime steine:Ich saz ūf eime steine Und dahte bein mit beine.I was sitting on a stone Putting one leg over the other.

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stæɪn/
* Rhymes: -æɪn

### Noun

stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steiner, definite plural steinene)
* (geology, masonry) stone, rock (earthen substance)
* (masonry, also) brick, stone substitute
* (jewelry) gem, gemstone
* (botany) stone, pit of a stonefruit
* (medicine) stone, hardened tissue (as in kidney stone etc.)
* (informal) testicle, ball

#### Alternative forms

* sten (in senses 1 and 2 Riksmål only; otherwise official)

#### Derived terms

* belegningsstein
* byggestein
* bygningsstein
* edelstein
* gallestein
* gravstein
* grunnstein
* hjørnestein
* kalkstein
* kampestein
* murstein
* møllestein
* nyrestein
* siltstein
* smykkestein
* småstein
* steinalder
* steinansikt
* steinarbeid
* steinblokk
* steinbrudd
* steindød
* steine
* steinete
* steingammel, steingammal
* steingjerde
* steingrunn
* steinkast
* steinkobbe
* steinmur
* steinras
* steinsirkel
* steinsprut
* steinvegg
* takstein

### Adjective

stein (neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)
* (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

### Verb

stein
* imperative of steine

### References

* “stein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* steidn (noun; dialectal, non-standard)
* steinsens (adverb)

### Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Akin to English stone.
(smoking): The adjective is a Calque of English stoned.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɛɪːn/

### Noun

stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steinar, definite plural steinane)
* stone
* pip (e.g. in citrus fruit, grapes, cherries)

#### Derived terms

* bustein
* byggestein
* bygningsstein
* edelstein
* gallestein
* gravstein
* grunnstein
* hjørnestein
* kalkstein
* kampestein
* limstein
* løysingsstein
* murstein
* nyrestein
* siltstein
* smykkestein
* småstein
* stabbestein
* steinalder
* steinansikt
* steinarbeid
* steinblokk
* steindød
* steine, steina
* steinete
* steinfallos
* steingammal
* steingard
* steingjerde
* steingrunn
* steinkast
* steinkobbe
* steinmur
* steinras
* steinsirkel
* steinsprut
* steinvatn
* steinvegg
* takstein

#### Related terms

Male given names:
* Almstein
* Arnstein, Anstein
* Bergstein
* Botstein
* Brunstein
* Fridstein
* Frøystein
* Geirstein
* Gudstein
* Gunnstein
* Hallstein
* Havstein
* Herstein
* Holmstein
* Hunstein
* Håstein
* Jostein
* Jovurstein
* Nevstein
* Ormstein
* Ramnstein
* Revstein
* Ringstein
* Sigstein
* Stein
* Steinar
* Steinbjørn
* Steine
* Steinfinn
* Steinfrød, Steinrød
* Steingard
* Steingisl
* Steingrim
* Steinkjell
* Steinkjetil
* Steinleiv
* Steinmod
* Steinolv, Steinulv
* Steintor
* Steinvard
* Steinvord
* Torstein
* Valstein
* Vestein
* Vigstein
* Øystein, Øistein
Female given names:
* Steina
* Steinbjørg
* Steinfrid, Steinrid
* Steingjerd
* Steinhild
* Steinlaug
* Steinny
* Steinunn
* Steinvor
* Steinøy

### Adjective

stein (definite singular and plural steine)
* (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

### Adverb

stein
* (colloquial) Used as an intensifier; completely
    Dei er stein hakkande gale folk ass!This people are completely crazy as hell!

### References

* “stein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

### Noun

stein m
* stone

#### Derived terms

* agatstein
* fiurstein
* flinsstein
* griozstein
* salzstein
* santstein
* senkilstein
* steinofan

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: stein
** Alemannic German: Steei
    Swabian: Schdoi, Schdoa
** Bavarian: Staa, Stan, Stoa, Stoan, Stuan
** Central Franconian: Stään, Steen, Stein
    Hunsrik: Steen, xtayn
    Transylvanian Saxon: Stien
** German: Stein
** Luxembourgish: Steen
** Vilamovian: śtan
** Yiddish: שטיין (shteyn)

## Old Norse
### Noun

stein
* indefinite accusative singular of steinn