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Stein

Definition: Stein

Stein

Noun

1. 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)


Specialty Definition: Stein

DomainDefinition

Mining

Stonework used to secure the sides of a shaft. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Stein

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Stein (stone) may be:






Stein AR

(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.




Stein, Netherlands

(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.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stein."

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Synonym: Stein

Synonym: beer mug (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Stein

English words defined with "stein": Alice B. ToklasToadstone, Toklas. (references)
Specialty definitions using "stein": ABSTINENCEBilharz tableCat 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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Modern Usage: Stein

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Stein

DomainTitle

References

  • Stein Mart: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Stein

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Stein

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & 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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Stein

AuthorQuotation

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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Non-Fiction Usage: Stein

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Stein

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)96.86%24718,964
Noun (singular)3.14%8124,375
                    Total100.00%255N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Stein

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SteinLast name14,000832
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Stein

"Stein" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a stone".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Stein."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
SteenMaleDanishSten
SteinMaleNorwegianSten
StenMaleSwedishN/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Stein

CountryName
USA

Stein Mart

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Stein

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stein

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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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Modern Translation: Stein

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

   

Portuguese

  

caneca de cerveja (beer jug, beer stein, tankard). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Pahar Special De Bere. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

"линяная Пивная Кружка. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrč (jug). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Ölkrus. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Bira Bardağı (beer glass, jar, schooner), Büyük Bardak (rummer, schooner, stoup, tumbler). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ca uống bia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Stein

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Stein"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "stein" (pronounced stī"n)
3-t ī" ntine, Tyne.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Stein

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Names: Derived from
13. Names: Company Usage
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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