Speckstein

German

Etymology

From Speck (“fat, bacon”) +‎ Stein (“stone”), a calque of Latin steatītis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n/

Noun

Speckstein m (strong, genitive Specksteins or Specksteines, plural Specksteine)

1. soapstone

   Synonyms: (learned) Steatit, (rare, ambiguous) Seifenstein

Declension

Declension of Speckstein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Speckstein	die	Specksteine
genitive	eines	des	Specksteins, Specksteines	der	Specksteine
dative	einem	dem	Speckstein, Specksteine1	den	Specksteinen
accusative	einen	den	Speckstein	die	Specksteine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Speckstein” in Duden online
• “Speckstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Speckstein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de