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German
Etymology
Stern (“star”) + Blume (“flower”).
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- Hyphenation: Stern‧blu‧me
Noun
Sternblume f (genitive Sternblume, plural Sternblumen)
- any flowering plant having (a) starlike, star-shaped flower(s) in bloom (e.g. Aster, Astrantia major)
1903, Fanny Gräfin zu Reventlow, “Ellen Olestjerne”, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, München: Albert Langen, published 1925, page 520:An den Abhaͤngen bluͤhten schon die weißen Sternblumen und die Weidenzweige hingen tief herunter.- The white star-shaped flowers were already blooming on the slopes and the willow branches hung low.
1946, Elisabeth Langgässer, Das unauslöschliche Siegel: Roman, 3rd edition, Hamburg: Claassen & Goverts, published 1949, page 120:Das dunkle Goldgelb und Violett der Stiefmütterchen, welche die Wege säumten, floß in dem Schmelztiegel eines Demiurgen wie Gold und Eisen zusammen; Sternblumen traten in das Gestein, das sie entlassen hatte, zurück und glänzten wie Bergkristalle; […]- The dark golden-yellow and violet of the pansies that lined the paths coalesced in the demiurge’s melting pot like gold and iron; star-shaped flowers receded from the rocks that released them and sparkled like rock crystals;
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