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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Eckstein.
Proper noun
Eckstein (plural Ecksteins)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eckstein is the 7211st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4628 individuals. Eckstein is most common among White (93.5%) individuals.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Ecke (“corner”) + Stein (“-stone”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Eckstein m (strong, genitive Ecksteines or Ecksteins, plural Ecksteine)
- cornerstone (literal and figurative, but for the latter more often Eckpfeiler)
- (Southern Germany, card games) diamond
- 1841, Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, Vier Könige. Bilder aus dem Soldatenleben, in F. W. Hackländers Werke, vol. 6, Adolph Krabbe (publ., 1855), page 58.
Einer meiner Bekannten zog eine Karte; ich glaube, es war Eckstein Sieben, lud sie in das Gewehr und drückte ab.- One of my friends drew a card; I think it was seven of diamonds, put it in the rifle and pulled the trigger.
- Synonym: Karo
Declension
Proper noun
Eckstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ecksteins or (with an article) Eckstein, feminine genitive Eckstein, plural Ecksteins)
- a surname
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Eckstein.
Proper noun
Eckstein m or f by sense
- a surname from German