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stolperstein

/ˈʃtɒlpə(ɹ)ˌʃtaɪn/

stolperstein noun: a small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism.

Noun (1)

stolperstein (plural stolpersteins or stolpersteine)

  1. A small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism.
    • A "stolperstein" was put in front of the house, and the scattered diaspora of Bertam's family reunited there.2014 February 7, Evertjan. [username], “One son, Bertram, missed that boat ...”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)
    • BTW what happened to all those people whose stolpersteins I saw last time in Koln and Berlin and where did the all those Jews,gypsies,^([sic]) mentally/physically retarded people who were there in 1932 go to?2014 April 28, Dechucka [username], “Re: Another World-Wide Holohoax Promo”, in aus.politics (Usenet)

Noun (2) capitalized: Stolperstein

Stolperstein (plural Stolpersteins or Stolpersteine)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of stolperstein.
    • But it was Lucie’s stone that chilled me to the core. Hers is a single memorial stone in front of a large building. One little Stolperstein.2023 October 23, Lana Bastašić, “I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of stolperstein

pluralstolpersteins
pluralstolpersteine
alternative formStolperstein
pluralStolpersteins
pluralStolpersteine

Origin of stolperstein

Borrowed from German Stolperstein (literally “stumbling block”), from stolpern (“to stumble”) + Stein (“stone”).

Questions about stolperstein

What does stolperstein mean?
Stolperstein means a small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism.
What part of speech is stolperstein?
Stolperstein is a noun.
How do you pronounce stolperstein?
Stolperstein is pronounced /ˈʃtɒlpə(ɹ)ˌʃtaɪn/.
What is the plural of stolperstein?
The plural of stolperstein is stolpersteins.

Words near stolperstein in the dictionary

  1. stolonlike
  2. stolons
  3. stolovaya
  4. stolovayas
  5. Stolp
  6. stolperstein
  7. stolpersteine
  8. stolpersteins
  9. STOLport
  10. STOLports
  11. Stolps

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