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Stern.

a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky

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Meaning & usage

noun/ʃtɛʁn/[ʃtɛʁn][ʃtɛɐ̯n]

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

    masculine · strong
    Morgenstern
    Barnards Stern

  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
    Davidstern

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

    masculine · strong
    Fünf-Sterne-Hotel

  5. an asterisk (*)

    masculine · strong

  6. a star, starlet, celebrity, something or someone popular

    figuratively · masculine · strong
    ein Schlagerstern(chen)

  7. A term of endearment.

    masculine · strong

  8. a stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

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”).

name/ʃtɛʁn/[ʃtɛʁn][ʃtɛɐ̯n]

  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

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”).

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