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Definition: Stein |
SteinNoun1. A mug intended for serving beer. 2. Experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Stein" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a stone". |
Date "stein" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Stonework used to secure the sides of a shaft. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Stein is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes in Switzerland. It has a population of 1385 (2002). The area of Stein is 938 hectares.The designation Stein AR is often used to distinguish Stein from other places with the same name, in particular Stein am Rhein.
Stein is home to the Appenzell Folklore Museum which attracts large numbers of tourists. The museum is devoted to Appenzell culture and handicrafts such as beltmaking, cowbells and carpentry. There is also an extensive display of traditional folk art, such as furniture decorated with scenes from daily scenes. The most prolific of these uncelebrated artists is Johannes Müller who also worked as a clockmaker.
Stein is also home to a show dairy. The various processes of cheesemaking can be watched from a gallery above the churns and vats.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Stein (population: 26,530) is a town in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. The municipality covers an area of 22.77 km² (of which 1.42 km² water).The municipality of Stein also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Berg aan de Maas, Catsop, Elsloo, Maasband, Meers, Nattenhoven, Urmond.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stein."
Synonym: SteinSynonym: beer mug (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stein |
| English words defined with "stein": Alice B. Toklas ♦ Toadstone, Toklas. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stein": ABSTINENCE ♦ Bilharz table ♦ Cat Stane. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stein": Zechstein. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Stein" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (block, brick, calculus, Flint, jewel, man, piece, pit, rock, shale, stone), Norwegian (rock, stone). |
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Screenplays | Sounds like Gertrude Stein. (Top Hat; writing credit: Allan Scott; Dwight Taylor) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Frank Stein (1972) Ski with Stein (1965) Edith Stein (1962) Brutalität in Stein (1961) The Stein Song (1930) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | [Becherer] / N.d. Nat. u.a. Stein gez. v. Ed. Uber. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Ignaz Rudolph Bischoff. / Nach dem Leben u. auf. Stein gez. v. F. Wolf. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, seated in front of fireplace, facing left, holding cigarette in one hand and a beer stein in the other, in her Washington, D.C. studio. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Captain Stein, oysterman, Rock Point, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | "Yak" Stein, a local fisherman. Rock Point, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Beer stein decorated with relief carvings of mythological figures. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Beer stein. Stein grasped by handle I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Miscellaneous subjects. Hand with stein and map of United States of America. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Aloys Senefelder--Enfinder der Lithographic und der chemischen Druckerey / Nach der Natur auf Stein gezeichnet von Lorenz Quaglio 1818. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Portrait of Gertrude Stein. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Gertrude Stein | "What is the answer?" she asked, and when no answer came she laughed and said: "Then, what is the question?" |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Trade | Kazakhstan | For more information about TDA activities, contact: Dan Stein, Deputy Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, SA-16, Room 309, Washington, DC 20523-1602; Tel: (703) 875-4357; Fax: (703) 875-4009. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Stein" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.86% of the time. "Stein" is used about 255 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 96.86% | 247 | 18,964 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.14% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 255 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "stein" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Stein | Last name | 14,000 | 832 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Stein" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a stone". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Stein." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Steen | Male | Danish | Sten |
| Stein | Male | Norwegian | Sten |
| Sten | Male | Swedish | N/A |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Stein Mart |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "stein": beer stein ♦ Gertrude Stein ♦ Maria Stein. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "stein": Stein-am-rhein. | |
Ending with "stein": Hunt-Stein, James-Stein, Stiebel-stein. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
stein mart | 538 | germany stein | 23 |
german beer stein | 388 | police protect serve stein | 22 |
beer stein | 376 | michael stein travel | 21 |
stein | 152 | joel stein | 19 |
ben stein | 127 | stein zwei | 17 |
gertrude stein | 125 | michael stein | 17 |
jessica kissing stein | 108 | uli stein | 17 |
stein travel | 57 | mark stein | 17 |
edith stein | 48 | center garden stein | 16 |
garden gift stein | 45 | courage fighter fire honor stein | 16 |
furniture stein world | 37 | budweiser stein | 16 |
maria stein oh | 36 | diane stein | 16 |
optical stein | 28 | jules stein | 15 |
rick stein | 27 | pamela stein | 14 |
stein roe | 26 | stein world | 14 |
stein garden | 26 | anheuser busch police stein | 14 |
stein leventhal syndrome | 26 | german stein | 14 |
stein erickson lodge | 24 | anheuser busch fighter fire stein | 14 |
jules stein eye institute | 23 | bonnie stein von | 14 |
stein eriksen lodge | 23 | peter stein | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "stein"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Krikëll Birre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Керамична Халба. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Stein's gynaekografi (Stein gynecography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gynécographie de Stein (Stein gynecography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Seidel (beer mug, pint), Krug (box, container, flagon, jar, jug, jugful, mug, pitcher, pot, potful, tankard, vessel), Humpen (bumper, mug, tankard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ήλινη ίανάτα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | söröskorsó (beer mug, schooner, tankard), Kõedénykorsó, kőedénykorsó, egy korsó sör. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ジョセフソン 子 (a stein, a tankard, amug, bit by bit, cardigan, dilemma, dilettante, dish with mutton and vegetables, Genghis Khan, gin, gin fizz, ginger, ginger ale, giraffe, jin, jingoism, jinx, jitterbug, job, job enlargement, job enrichment, job menu, job rotation, job title, jobhopper, jockey, jodhpurs, John, John Bull, John Travolta, Josephson device, riding breeches, suit, suitcase, super, super high decker, super Schottky diode, super size wide screen, super woofer, supercar, supercharger, supercomputer, superhighway, superimpose, superjet, supermarket, supermarket chain, supernova, super-size, supersonic, superstar, superstation, superstore, supertanker, superviser, supervisor, superwoman, synthesis, vest, waistcoat, Zimbabwe, Zinjanthropus, zirconium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ジョッキ (a stein, a tankard, amug, jockey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | einstay caneca de cerveja (beer jug, beer stein, tankard). (various references) Pahar Special De Bere. (various references) "линяная Пивная Кружка. (various references) vrč (jug). (various references) Ölkrus. (various references) Bira Bardağı (beer glass, jar, schooner), Büyük Bardak (rummer, schooner, stoup, tumbler). (various references) ca uống bia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stein": steinbok, steinboks, steins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "stein": cystein, einstein, holstein. (additional references) | |
Words containing "stein": cysteine, cysteines, cysteins, einsteinium, einsteiniums, einsteins, holsteins. (additional references) | |
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"Stein" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bsteii, estain, estein, Esteinou, estien, etien, Gstrein, Ostrin, sdei, sein, setan, setif, setin, Setion, setun, seyn, shein, staini, stayen, stearn, steenk, stei, Steib, steid, steig, steil, steir, stemi, sten, stene, steon, stie, stief, stieg, stiem, stien, stin, stine, stinn, stinx, stion, stlin, stnin, stoin, stui, Sweyn, sxei, tein, tsien, Ts'in. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stein" (pronounced stī"n) |
| 3 | -t ī" n | tine, Tyne. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: inset, neist, nites, senti, tines. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: nest, nets, nite, nits, sent, sine, site, snit, tens, ties, tine, tins. | |
-2 letters: ens, ins, its, net, nit, sei, sen, set, sin, sit, ten, tie, tin, tis. | |
-3 letters: en, es, et, in, is, it, ne, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: elints, enlist, estrin, feints, finest, incest, inerts, infest, ingest, inlets, insect, insert, insets, instep, inters, invest, listen, nicest, niters, nitres, seniti, sennit, signet, silent, sinter, sitten, spinet, steins, teinds, tenias, tennis, tenuis, theins, tineas, tinges, tinsel, tisane, triens, trines, twines, unites, unties, wisent. | |
+2 letters: acetins, anestri, antisex, antsier, atonies, aunties, banties, basinet, besting, boniest, cineast, cistern, clients, cretins, cystein, cystine, density, dentils, dentins, dentist, destain, destine, destiny, detains, dipnets, dissent, distend, distent, dunites, easting, eatings, elastin, emetins, emptins, endites, enlists, entails, entasia, entasis, entices, entires, entoils, entries, entwist, estrins, etamins, etesian, ethions, ethnics, fainest, finites, fishnet, fitness, glisten, gunites, henbits, hinters, histone, ignites, inanest, incepts, incests, incites, indents, indites, infects, infests, ingates, ingesta, ingests, injects, inkiest, inmates, inosite, inquest, insects, inserts, inspect, instate, instead, insteps, inswept, intakes, intends, intense, intents, interns, intines, intones, invents, inverts, invests, invites, isatine, isotone, jesting, jitneys, kindest, kittens, lectins, lentils, lentisk, liniest, linnets, lintels, linters, lisente, listens, luniest, luteins, mestino, mindset, minster, minters, minuets, minutes, missent, mistend, mistune, mittens, moisten, mutines, nailset, naivest, nastier, nasties, natives, nesting, nidgets, nifties, nighest, norites, nosiest, notices, nutsier, oestrin, orients, panties, patines, pectins, piniest, pinites, pinkest, pintles, pintoes, plenist, pointes, pterins, puniest, punties, quintes, ratines, reknits, remints, resting, retains, retinas, retines, retints, retsina, sainted, salient, saltine, sapient, satinet, seating, section, sennits, sentimo, sestina, sestine, setline, setting, sextain, sheitan, sienite, signets, silents, singlet, sinters, sinuate, sithens, sixteen, slainte, smitten, snidest, snifter, snippet, spinate, spinets, stained, stainer, stanine, stearin, stencil, stewing, sthenia, sthenic, stibine, stiffen, stinger, stinker, stinted, stinter, stipend, stonier, striven, syenite, taenias, tameins, tansies, tawnies, teasing, tenails, tennies, tennist, tenpins, tensile, tensing, tension, tensity, tensive, testing, theines, tiepins, tinders, tineids, tingles, tiniest, tinkers, tinkles, tinners, tinsels, tinters, tisanes, toniest, townies, toxines, trienes, triunes, tunnies, twiners, twinges, twinset, uniters, unities, utensil, vainest, vesting, viniest, waniest, westing, whitens, winiest, winters, wintles, wisents, witness, witneys, zaniest, zeatins, zeniths, zesting. | |
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