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Zilberstein

Zilberstein proper noun: a surname from Yiddish.

Proper noun

Zilberstein (plural Zilbersteins)

  1. A surname from Yiddish

Forms of Zilberstein

pluralZilbersteins

Origin of Zilberstein

Borrowed from Yiddish זילבערשטיין (zilbershteyn), from Yiddish זילבער (zilber, “silver”) and Yiddish שטיין (shteyn, “stone”), from Old High German.

Questions about Zilberstein

What does Zilberstein mean?
Zilberstein means a surname from Yiddish.
What part of speech is Zilberstein?
Zilberstein is a proper noun.

Words near Zilberstein in the dictionary

  1. zilants
  2. zilas
  3. zilascorb
  4. Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit
  5. Zilberschlag
  6. Zilberstein
  7. zilch
  8. zilched
  9. zilches
  10. zilching
  11. zilde

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