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English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Stern (plural Sterns )
A surname .
Derived terms
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern .
Proper noun
Stern ?
a surname from German
German
Sterne am Nachthimmel — Stars in the night sky (1, 2)
Eine Animation des Sterns Sirius — An animation of the star Sirius. (2)
Auf der Flagge von Chile ist ein weißer Stern. — There is a white star on the flag of Chile. (3,4)
Etymology
From Middle High German , from Old High German sterno , from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ , *sternô (compare Dutch ster ( “ star ” ) , Old English steorra ( “ star ” ) (Modern English star ), Danish stjerne ( “ star ” ) , Swedish stjärna ( “ star ” ) , Icelandic stjarna ( “ star ” ) , Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 ( stairnō ) ). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr . Further cognates include Latin stēlla ( “ star ” ) , Ancient Greek ἀστήρ ( astḗr , “ star ” ) and Sanskrit तारा ( tārā , “ star ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
Stern m (strong , genitive Sternes or Sterns , plural Sterne , diminutive Sternchen n or Sternlein n )
a star ; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
Morgenstern ― morning star
Barnards Stern ― Barnard's Star
( astronomy ) a star ; the actual celestial body
Synonyms: Gestirn n , Sonne f
( geometry , heraldry ) a star , a mullet , or anything that resembles such an object
fünfzackiger Stern ― five-pointed star
Davidstern ― Star of David
Sternen banner ― stars and stripes
NATO-Stern ― NATO star
der rote Stern ― the red star
a star ; symbol used as a rating , e.g. for hotels , movies , etc.
Fünf-Sterne -Hotel ― five-star hotel
( printing , often Sternchen ) an asterisk (* )
Synonym: Asterisk m
2007 , Klaus M. Rodewig, Amin Negm-Awad, Objective-C und Cocoa: Programmieren unter Apple Mac OS X , 2nd edition, page 83 :Bei der Deklaration eines Zeigers kann der Stern (Asterisk) sowohl beim Namen der Variablen (int *zahl) als auch beim Datentyp (int* zahl) stehen. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
( figuratively , chiefly Sternchen ) a star , starlet , celebrity , something or somebody popular
Synonym: Star m
ein Schlagerstern(chen) ― a schlager -music starlet
A term of endearment.
( meteorology ) a stellar crystal , a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star
Usage notes
In the diminutive, the predominant contemporary usage is to employ Sternlein in the sense of “luminous dot” and Sternchen in all other senses.
Declension
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See also
Proper noun
Stern m or f (proper noun , surname , masculine genitive Sterns or ( with an article ) Stern , feminine genitive Stern , plural Sterns )
a surname
Further reading
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Stern m (plural Stern , diminutive Sternche )
star
Noun
Stern f (plural Sterne )
forehead
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /stɛrn/
Rhymes: -ɛrn
Syllabification: Stern
Proper noun
Stern m pers
a male surname from German
Declension
Proper noun
Stern f (indeclinable )
a female surname from German
Further reading
Stern in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern .
Proper noun
Stern m or f by sense
a surname from German
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Stern .
Proper noun
Stern m or f by sense
a surname from German