Polyglot Dictionary

Stern

/ʃtɛʁn/

der noun A1

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 Sterne

Meaning

  1. star

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Sonne

Astronomically, the Sonne is a Stern (star) — just the one close enough to see by day. In everyday speech the two stay separate: Sonne is daylight and warmth, Stern is the points of light at night.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

estrela

estrela is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "star."

Portuguese

vedete

vedete is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "star."

Practice

1 What does Stern mean?

2 Fill the gap: Am klaren Himmel sah man tausend ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Stern?

See also

nouncore-vocabulary

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