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Stein vs Stein - What's the difference?

stein | stein |

In surname|patronymic|from=given names|dot= terms the difference between stein and stein

is that stein is from a (etyl) diminutive of stephen while stein is from a (etyl) diminutive of stephen.

In surname|from=german|dot= terms the difference between stein and stein

is that stein is anglicized from the (etyl) surname (l) while stein is anglicized from the (etyl) surname (l).

As proper nouns the difference between stein and stein

is that stein is from a (etyl) diminutive of stephen while stein is from a (etyl) diminutive of stephen.

stein

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A beer mug, usually made of ceramic.
  • *
  • *:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein . Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  • *1974 , (Thomas Pynchon), (w, Gravity's Rainbow)
  • *:A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
  • References

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

    stein

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beer mug, usually made of ceramic.
  • *
  • *:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein . Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  • *1974 , (Thomas Pynchon), (w, Gravity's Rainbow)
  • *:A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
  • References

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]