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Stein is a German word meaning "stone". It may also refer to:

• Beer stein
• Stein (brewery), a beer brewery in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Stein (band), a German music group
• USS Stein (FF-1065), a frigate in the U.S. Navy
• Stein (journal), a Norwegian journal of "popular geology"
• Stein (grape), another name for the white wine grape Chenin blanc

Places

In Austria

• Stein an der Donau, a suburb of Krems an der Donau, Austria
• Stein, Styria, a municipality in Styria, Austria
• Stein (Lassing), a village in Styria, Austria

In Germany

• Stein, Bavaria, a town in the district of Fürth, Bavaria
• Stein, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
• Stein an der Traun, a village in Upper Bavaria, part of the town of Traunreut
• Stein-Bockenheim, a municipality in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Stein-Neukirch, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Stein-Wingert, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate

In the Netherlands

• Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Stein, South Holland, Netherlands

In Scotland

• Stein, Isle of Skye, a village on the isle of Skye, Scotland.

In Switzerland

• Stein, Aargau
• Stein, Appenzell in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
• Stein, St. Gallen
• Stein am Rhein
• Stein, a mountain above Obersaxen

On the Moon

• Stein (lunar crater)

Elsewhere

• Stein am Anger (Steinamanger), the German name of Szombathely, Hungary
• Stein, the German name of Dacia village, Jibert Commune, Braşov County, Romania
• Stein in Oberkrain, the German name of Kamnik, Slovenia
• Stein, a mythical place somewhere in Estonia known to the Swedish Vikings

Surname

• Aaron Marc Stein, nom de plume of an American novelist
• Ben Stein (b. 1944), American actor, writer, and attorney
• Berthold Stein (1847–1926), botanist, with author abbreviation "Stein"
• Boris Stein (or Shtein) (1892–1961), Soviet diplomat
• Charles Stein (disambiguation)
• Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827), lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar
• Clarence Stein (1882–1975), American urban planner, architect, and writer
• Colin Stein, Scottish footballer, formerly of Rangers FC
• Dieter Stein (b. 1967), German journalist
• Edith Stein (1891–1942), German-Jewish philosopher
• Eric Scott Stein, a Big Brother guest
• Eric Stein (professor), a professor of law at the University of Michigan
• Gertrude Stein, writer and her nephew Allan Stein, the title of a novel
• Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein
• Jock Stein, Scottish football manager, formerly of Celtic FC
• John Stein (disambiguation)
• Joseph Allen Stein (1912–2001), American architect, renowned for his work in India
• Jules C. Stein (1896–1981), American musician, physician, and business leader
• Karl Stein (1913–2000), German mathematician
• Leon Stein (1910-2002), American composer and music analyst
• Mark Aurel Stein, Hungarian-UK archaeologist
• Michael L. Stein, American Mathematician and Statistician
• Peter Stein (b. 1937), German theatre and opera director
• Philip Stein (b. 1919), American painter
• Rick Stein, English chef, restaurateur and television presenter
• Samuel Friedrich Stein (1818-1885), Czech entomologist
• William A. Stein (b. 1974), American mathematician
• William Howard Stein (1911–1980), American biochemist

See also

• Steiner
• Stine
• Asteroid 2867 Šteins

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

Stein

1. a American, surname
2. a German, surname

German

Etymology

From Old High German stein (“‘something hard’”), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃtaɪn/, SAMPA: /StaIn/

•  Audio - Stein^{help, file}
•  Audio - Steine^{help, file} plural

Noun

Stein m (plural Steine)

1. stone, rock
2. kernel, core of a fruit
3. beer mug

Declension

Synonyms

• Gesteinsbrocken m
• Gestein n
• Kern m

Derived terms

Norwegian

Etymology

Old Norse Steinn, short form of compound names with the element steinn (“‘stone’”).

Proper noun

Stein

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Steinar
• Sten
• Arnstein, Jostein, Torstein, Øistein, Øystein

From Wikispecies

This taxon author may refer to:

Samuel Friedrich Nathaniel Stein, a Czech entomologist

Berthold Stein, (Stein), a German botanist, lichenologist