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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of struikelen (“to stumble”) + steen (“stone, rock”). The sense “stolperstein” was borrowed from German Stolperstein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrœy̯.kəlˌsteːn/
- Hyphenation: strui‧kel‧steen
Noun
struikelsteen m (plural struikelstenen, diminutive struikelsteentje n)
- (now chiefly Belgium) a stumbling block, a tripping stone, an obstacle causing one to stumble and fall
- (chiefly diminutive) a stolperstein