Meaning

1 senses
  1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.

    Bierkrug, Bierglas, Bierseidel

    ку́хольkúxolʹ

    a mug intended for serving beer

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I like drinking from a stein.

  2. The beer is served in a beer stein.

    deDas Bier wird in einem Bierkrug serviert. — brauchinet

  3. Dr. Stein will be with you shortly.

    deDr. Stein wird gleich bei Ihnen sein. — al_ex_an_der

  4. What could be duller than a semantics class with Ben Stein?

    ruЧто может быть скучнее занятий по семантике с Беном Штайном? — Sweatled

  5. What could be more boring than a lesson about semantics with Ben Stein?

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a beer mug:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a beer mug:

Origin

From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware

From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). Doublet of stone. More at stean.

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Forms

plural: steins
Singularstein
Pluralsteins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946):Gertrude Stein
  • a mug intended for serving beer:beer mug

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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