Star
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- 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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Proper noun
[edit]Star
- A surname.
- 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.
- A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
- A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
- A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
- A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
- A city in Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
- A small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
- A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
- A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
- (UK, rail transport) Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
Anagrams
[edit]- tars, sart, ARTS, arts., 'rats, tsar, tars-, ARTs, rats, Sart, srat, Srta., RATs, RAST, Arts, stra., Srta, arts, astr-, TSRA, RTAs, TRAs
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]Star m (strong or weak, genitive Stars or Stares or (archaic) Staren, plural Stare or (archaic) Staren)
Usage notes
[edit]- Weak singular declension is now rare and archaic. The plural Staren remains slightly more common, but much less common than Stare.
Declension
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Star m (strong, genitive Stars or Stares, plural Stare)
Declension
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Staar, Stahr (superseded)
Hyponyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Danish: stær (“cataract”)
References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “staarblind”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 3
[edit]19th century, from English star. Doublet of Aster and Stern.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Star m (strong, genitive Stars, plural Stars)
- celebrity, star
- Synonyms: Prominenter, Berühmter, Berühmtheit, Sternchen
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- English terms derived from German
- English semantic loans from German
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Slovene
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from English
- English terms with quotations
- en:Villages in Alberta
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- en:Villages in the Isle of Anglesey, Wales
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- British English
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German weak nouns
- German masculine nouns
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- German terms derived from Middle English
- German terms derived from Old English
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German doublets
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