Star

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See also: star, stár, står, Stär, śtar, and štar

English

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Etymology

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  • As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (starling).
  • Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (star).
  • As a Dutch surname, from star (stiff, rigid).
  • As a Slovene surname, from star (old).
  • As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

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Proper noun

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Star

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name from English.
    • 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels: Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:
      Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.
    • 2019 February 7, Elly Griffiths, The Stone Circle: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 11, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      Stella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.
  3. A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
  4. A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
  5. A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
  6. A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
  7. A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
  8. A city in Idaho.
  9. An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
  11. An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
  12. A small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
  13. An unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
  14. A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
  15. A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
  16. (UK, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

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German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German star, stare, from Old High German stara, staro, star, from Proto-West Germanic *star.

Cognate with Middle Dutch sterre, Middle Low German stār(e), Old English stær, Old Norse stari, and further with Latin sturnus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃtaːr/, [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)], [ʃtaːʁ]
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  • Homophone: starr (some speakers)

Noun

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Star m (strong or weak, genitive Stars or Stares or (archaic) Staren, plural Stare or (archaic) Staren)

  1. starling
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  • Weak singular declension is now rare and archaic. The plural Staren remains slightly more common, but much less common than Stare.
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Etymology 2

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16th-century backformation from now archaic starblind, staarblind, from Middle High German star(e)blint, from Old High German starablint (blind or highly vision-impaired but having normal-looking eyes). The meaning is interpreted as "blind with cloudy eyes." The first element is from *starēn (to stare, gaze, be fixed upon) and second element is from *blind (blind).[1]

Compare Middle Dutch staerblint, Old English stæreblind. Related with starren, English stare.

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Noun

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Star m (strong, genitive Stars or Stares, plural Stare)

  1. (pathology) cataract (an eye disease, leucoma)
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  • Danish: stær (cataract)

References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “staarblind”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 3

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19th century, from English star. Doublet of Aster and Stern.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /staːr/, [staː(ɐ̯)], [staːʁ]
  • IPA(key): /ʃtaːr/ (less common)

Noun

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Star m (strong, genitive Stars, plural Stars)

  1. celebrity, star
    Synonyms: Prominenter, Berühmter, Berühmtheit, Sternchen
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Further reading

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  • Star” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Star” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Star” in Duden online
  • Star” in Duden online