Schtar

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• sjtar (Veldeke spelling)
• Schtär, Schtärn, Schtäär (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread)
• Star, Staar, Stär (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Northwest of the Panningen-line)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).

Cognates

Cognate with English star, Dutch ster, German Stern, Central Franconian Stään, Luxembourgish Stär, Yiddish שטערן (shtern).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtaʁ/
• Rhymes: -aʁ

Noun

Schtar m (plural Schtare̩, diminutive Schtäre̩ke̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

1. a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
2. (astronomy) a star; the actual celestial body
3. (geometry, heraldry) a star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
4. a star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
5. (printing, often in the diminutive) an asterisk (*)
6. (figuratively) a star, starlet, celebrity, something or somebody popular

Synonyms

• (star, celestial body): Pingke̩r (Heerlen and Waubach)