Polyglot Dictionary

Stein

/ʃtaɪ̯n/

der noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Steine

Meaning

  1. stone, rock

    • Er warf einen Stein ins Wasser.

      He threw a stone into the water.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gestein

Gestein is more about rock as a geological substance or mass; Stein is more about an individual stone.

Practice

1 What does Stein mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er warf einen ___ ins Wasser.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Stein?

See also

nouncore-vocabularynature

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