stein
noun
- drinking vessel for beer
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /staɪn/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Stein. Doublet of Stone and Steen.
- A surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
- A surname from German Stein.
“Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein are to be married Sunday evening at the Palisadium, an event space in Cliffside Park, N.J. Rabbi Yaacov Love is to officiate.”
““Sunlight tends to make it a little better,” Stein said. “When people are more covered up in clothing like they are in the fall and the winter, some people’s psoriasis gets worse.””
- A male given name from Norwegian.
- A place in Switzerland:
- A place in Switzerland:
- A place in Switzerland:
- A place in Switzerland:
noun
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.
- A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
“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.”
“A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.”