Stein is a
German
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Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
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Norwegian
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word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same
Germanic root
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as the English word stone. It may refer to:
Places
In Austria
* Stein, a neighbourhood of
Krems an der Donau
Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or '' Statutarstad ...
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Stein, Styria, a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld, Styria
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Stein (Lassing) Stein is a village in the Austrian state of Styria in the administrative Liezen (district), district of Liezen. It is located in the valley of the river Enns (river), Enns, and is part of the municipality Lassing.
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, a village in the district of Liezen, Styria
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Stein an der Enns
Stein an der Enns is a village in the administrative district of Liezen, in the Austrian state of Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. ...
, a village in the district of Liezen, Styria
In Canada
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Stein River, a tributary of the Fraser River, from the Nlaka'pamux language ''Stagyn'', meaning "hidden place"
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Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, a British Columbia provincial park comprising the basin of that river
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Stein Mountain, a mountain in the Lillooet Ranges named for the river
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Stein Lake, a lake in the upper reaches of the Stein River basin
In Germany
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Stein, Bavaria
Stein (East Franconian: ''Schdah'') is a town in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Fürth, and 7 km southwest of Nuremberg (centre).
Geography
Stein is located in the metropolitan area Nürnbe ...
, a town in the district of Fürth, Bavaria
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Stein, Schleswig-Holstein
Stein is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...
, a municipality in the district of Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
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Stein (Kochel am See)
Stein is a mountain in Bavaria, Germany, located south-east of Kochel am See over Lake Kochel
Kochelsee or Lake Kochel is a lake south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. The western 1.7 km² or 28.3 percent of the lake lies within the b ...
, a mountain in Bavaria
* Stein an der Traun, a village in Upper Bavaria, part of the town of
Traunreut
Traunreut (; Central Bavarian: ''Traunreit'') is a town in southeastern Bavaria, Germany in the Traunstein district. It is located at . Traunreut lies in the heart of the Chiemgau region between Munich and Salzburg, approximately 10 km east ...
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Stein-Bockenheim
Stein-Bockenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
As a winegrowing centre, S ...
, a municipality in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Stein-Neukirch
Stein-Neukirch is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The community of Stein-Neukirch lies in the Westerwald between Siegen in the north an ...
, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Stein-Wingert, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
In the Netherlands
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Stein, Limburg
Stein (, ) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water.
The municipality of Stein makes part of the region of South Limburg and lies between the ...
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Stein, South Holland, a small village in the municipality of Krimpenerwaard
In Switzerland
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Stein, Aargau
Stein is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
The town lies across the Rhine River from Bad Säckingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Two bridges link the two city, one vehicular (Fri ...
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Stein, Appenzell
Stein is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland.
History
The municipality separated from Hundwil in 1749 and was named after the ''Uf Stein'' section of the neighbouring river.
Geography
Stein has an area, , of ...
in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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Stein, Meiringen, in the canton of Bern
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Stein, St. Gallen
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Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein (abbreviated as Stein a. R.) is a historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
The town's medieval centre retains the ancient street plan. The site of the city wall, and the city gates are preserve ...
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Stein (Obersaxen), a mountain above Obersaxen
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Stein Glacier, in the canton of Bern
Elsewhere
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Steins, New Mexico, a ghost town in New Mexico, near the Arizona border, United States
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Stein, Skye
Stein ( gd, Steinn) is a crofting township, situated on the north eastern shore of Loch Bay, in the west of the Waternish peninsula, on the isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. Previously known as Lochbay, it is in the council area of High ...
, a village on the isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Stein Islands Stein Islands () is a two rock islands in the east part of Publications Ice Shelf, about 8 nautical miles (15 km) southeast of the Sostrene Islands. Mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936) and named Steinane (the stones ...
, Antarctica
* Stein am Anger (Steinamanger), the German name of
Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...
, Hungary
* Stein, the German name of Dacia village,
Jibert
Jibert (german: Seiburg; hu, Zsiberk) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Dacia (until 1931 ''Ștena''), Grânari, Jibert, Lovnic and Văleni.
The commune is located in the northwestern part of ...
Commune, Braşov County, Romania
* Stein in Oberkrain, the German name of
Kamnik
Kamnik (; german: Stein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27. or ''Stein in Oberkrain'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is t ...
, Slovenia
In outer space
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Stein (lunar crater)
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Stein (crater on Venus)
Stein is a German, Yiddish and Norwegian word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same Germanic root as the English word stone. It may refer to:
Places In Austria
* Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Austr ...
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crater on Venus
People
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Stein (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
People with the given name
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Stein Huysegems (born 1982), Belgian association football player
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Stein Mehren
Stein Mehren (16 May 1935 – 28 July 2017) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and playwright. He made his literary debut as poet with ''Gjennom stillheten en natt'' (1960). He wrote more than fifty books, mainly poetry. (1935–2017), Norwegian poet, author, essayist and playwright
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Stein Metzger
Stein Metzger (born November 17, 1972, in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a male beach volleyball player from the United States. He played college men's indoor volleyball at UCLA where he won 3 NCAA National championships under legendary coach Al Scates. ...
(born 1972), American beach volleyball player
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Stein Reinertsen
Stein Reinertsen (born 21 January 1960) is a Norwegian Lutheran clergyman who since January 2013 has been bishop in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark of the Church of Norway.
Early life and education
Stein Reinertsen was born and grew up in O ...
(born 1960), Norwegian clergyman and bishop
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Stein Rokkan
Stein Rokkan (July 4, 1921 – July 22, 1979) was a Norwegian political scientist and sociologist. He was the first professor of sociology at the University of Bergen and a principal founder of the discipline of comparative politics. He foun ...
(1921–1979), Norwegian political scientist and sociologist
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Stein Stone
James Nollner "Stein" Stone Sr. (April 18, 1882 – August 25, 1926) was an American football and basketball player and coach. "Stein" is the German for stone.
Vanderbilt University
At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternit ...
(1882–1926), American football and basketball player and coach
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Stein Eriksen
Stein Eriksen (11 December 1927 – 27 December 2015) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Norway. Following his racing career, he was a ski school director and ambassador at various resorts in the United States.
Background ...
(1927-2015), Swedish Olympic skier and ski personality
Other uses
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Beer stein
A beer stein ( ), or simply stein, is either a traditional beer mug made out of stoneware or specifically an ornamental beer mug sold as a souvenir or collectible. An 1894 article on beer mugs in the American ''Vogue'' magazine that describes ...
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Stein (brewery)
The Stein Brewery ( sk, Pivovar Stein) was a Slovakia, Slovak brewery, based in Bratislava. It was founded between 1871 and 1876 and closed in 2007. Eventually, Stein became the third largest brewery in Czechoslovakia. The brand is still produced b ...
, a beer brewery in Bratislava, Slovakia
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USS ''Stein'' (FF-1065), a frigate in the U.S. Navy
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Stein (grape), another name for the white wine grape Chenin blanc
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Steinwein, wine from the Franconia vineyard Würzburger Stein
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Stein (band)
Stein is a German, Yiddish and Norwegian word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same Germanic root as the English word stone. It may refer to:
Places In Austria
* Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Austr ...
, theatre music group made up of
Katharina Franck
Katharina Franck (born July 28, 1963) is a German singer, songwriter, and musician. She first achieved fame as singer, songwriter, and guitarist of pop rock band the Rainbirds in the late 1980s. Besides her work with Rainbirds, she was also a mem ...
, FM Einheit and Ulrike Haage
See also
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Stein Castle (disambiguation) Stein Castle (german: Schloss Stein or ''Burg Stein'') may refer to:
*Stein Castle, Aargau, Switzerland
* Stein Castle (Bavaria), Germany
*Stein Castle (Saxony)
Stein Castle (german: Burg Stein or ''Burg und Schloss Stein'') is a Saxon castle lo ...
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Stein mansion
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Steiner (disambiguation)
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Steins (disambiguation) Steins may refer to:
People
* Kārlis Šteins, Latvian astronomer
* Walter Steins, Dutch Jesuit priest
Astronomy
* 2867 Šteins, a small main-belt asteroid
Video games
* '' Steins;???''
See also
* Stein (disambiguation)
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Stine
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Stein House (disambiguation)
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Justice Stein (disambiguation)
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