Aster

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Translingual

Aster amellus (Michaelmas daisy)

Etymology

From Latin astēr (“star”) because of the shape of its flowers, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778).[1][2][3]

Proper noun

Aster m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – asters.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

  1. ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988.
  2. ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
  3. ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin astēr (“star”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Aster ?

  1. a male given name from Latin

Anagrams

German

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a flower of the species Aster tataricus (Tatarian aster)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin astēr (“star”). Doublet of Star and Stern.

Pronunciation

Noun

Aster f (genitive Aster, plural Astern)

  1. (botany) aster (any of several plants of the genus Aster)
    Synonym: Sternenblume
    • 1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 9, in Die Wahlverwandschaften [Elective Affinities]‎, part 2:
      Alle sogenannten Sommergewächse, alles, was im Herbst mit Blühen nicht enden kann und sich der Kälte noch keck entgegenentwickelt, Astern besonders, waren in der größten Mannigfaltigkeit gesäet und sollten nun, überallhin verpflanzt, einen Sternhimmel über die Erde bilden.
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Declension

Declension of Aster
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Aster die Astern
genitive einer der Aster der Astern
dative einer der Aster den Astern
accusative eine die Aster die Astern

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: astero
  • → Ukrainian: а́йстра (ájstra)

Proper noun

Aster

  1. a male given name from Latin

Further reading

  • “Aster” in Duden online
  • “Aster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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