stein
/staɪn/
stein noun: a beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
Noun
stein (plural steins)
- A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
- So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein—coloring and all. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of...1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, “Zollenstein”, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40
- A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 3: In the Zone, page 305
Proper noun capitalized: Stein
Stein (countable and uncountable, plural Steins)
- A surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
- A surname from German Stein.
- Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein are to be married Sunday evening at the Palisadium, an event space in Cliffside Park, N.J. Rabbi Yaacov Love is to officiate.2013 July 26, “Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2013
- “Sunlight tends to make it a little better,” Stein said. “When people are more covered up in clothing like they are in the fall and the winter, some people’s psoriasis gets worse.”2025 February 10, Monica Haider, “Dermatologists share how to treat dry skin”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2025
- A male given name from Norwegian.
- A municipality in Rheinfelden district, Aargau canton, Switzerland, across the Rhine from Bad Säckingen in Germany.
- A municipality in Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.
- A settlement in Meiringen municipality, Bern canton, Switzerland.
- A village and former municipality, now in Nesslau municipality, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
stein meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stein in Hindi
- स्टीन, स्टेइन
stein in Tamil
- ஸ்டெய்ன், ஸ்டீன்
stein in Marathi
- स्टीन
stein in Urdu
- سٹائن
More languagesFewer languages
- stein in Bengali
- স্টেইন, স্টিন
- stein in Telugu
- స్టీన్, స్టెయిన్
- stein in Malayalam
- സ്റ്റെയിൻ, സ്റ്റീൻ
- stein in Kannada
- ಸ್ಟೀನ್, ಸ್ಟೈನ್
- stein in Punjabi
- ਸਟੀਨ
- stein in Gujarati
- સ્ટીન, સ્ટેઇન
- stein in Odia
- ଷ୍ଟିନ୍
- stein in Nepali
- स्टेइन, स्टिन, स्टाइन
Examples of stein in a sentence
- He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!
- Stein hopes to capitalize on the presence of Sanders backers who won’t back Clinton.
- I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein.
Forms of stein
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | steins |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Steins |
Origin of stein
From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). Doublet of stone. More at stean.
Borrowed from German Stein. Doublet of Stone and Steen.
Words formed from stein
Words that rhyme with stein
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about stein
- What does stein mean?
- Stein means a beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
- What is stein in Hindi?
- Stein in Hindi is स्टीन, स्टेइन. See Stein meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stein?
- Stein can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce stein?
- Stein is pronounced /staɪn/.
- What is the plural of stein?
- The plural of stein is steins.
Words near stein in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stein (page history and authors); Stein (page history and authors); stein (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stein (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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