"stolperstein" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃtɒlpə(ɹ)ˌʃtaɪn/, /ˈstɒlpə(ɹ)ˌstaɪn/ Forms: stolpersteins [plural], stolpersteine [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Stolperstein (literally “stumbling block”), from stolpern (“to stumble”) + Stein (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Stolperstein|lit=stumbling block}} Borrowed from German Stolperstein (literally “stumbling block”), {{compound|de|stolpern|Stein|nocat=y|t1=to stumble|t2=stone}} stolpern (“to stumble”) + Stein (“stone”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|stolpersteine}} stolperstein (plural stolpersteins or stolpersteine)
  1. A small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism. Categories (topical): Nazism Synonyms: Stolperstein Translations (small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism): snublesten [common-gender] (Danish), stolperstein [masculine] (Dutch), struikelsteen [masculine] (Dutch), kompastuskivi (Finnish), Stolperstein [masculine] (German), שְׁטוֹלְפֶּרשְׁטַיין (shtolpershtáyn) [masculine] (Hebrew), אֶבֶן נֶגֶף ('éven négef) [feminine] (Hebrew), botlatókő (Hungarian), pietra d'inciampo [feminine] (Italian), snublestein [masculine] (Norwegian), ка́мень преткнове́ния (kámenʹ pretknovénija) [masculine] (Russian), ка́мінь спотика́ння (káminʹ spotykánnja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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