Eckstein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eckstein.

Proper noun

Eckstein (plural Ecksteins)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eckstein is the 7211^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4628 individuals. Eckstein is most common among White (93.5%) individuals.

Anagrams

• neckties

German

Etymology

Ecke (“corner”) +‎ Stein (“-stone”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Eckstein m (strong, genitive Ecksteines or Ecksteins, plural Ecksteine)

1. cornerstone (literal and figurative, but for the latter more often Eckpfeiler)
2. (Southern Germany, card games) diamond
   • 1841, Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, Vier Könige. Bilder aus dem Soldatenleben, in F. W. Hackländers Werke, vol. 6, Adolph Krabbe (publ., 1855), page 58.

     Einer meiner Bekannten zog eine Karte; ich glaube, es war Eckstein Sieben, lud sie in das Gewehr und drückte ab.

     One of my friends drew a card; I think it was seven of diamonds, put it in the rifle and pulled the trigger.

   Synonym: Karo

Declension

Declension of Eckstein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eckstein	die	Ecksteine
genitive	eines	des	Ecksteines, Ecksteins	der	Ecksteine
dative	einem	dem	Eckstein, Ecksteine1	den	Ecksteinen
accusative	einen	den	Eckstein	die	Ecksteine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Eckstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ecksteins or (with an article) Eckstein, feminine genitive Eckstein, plural Ecksteins)

1. a surname

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eckstein.

Proper noun

Eckstein m or f by sense

1. a surname from German