Einstein in German

IPA: /ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -aɪ̯n Etymology: The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ("to enclose or surround with stone"); see ein-, Stein, and -en. The "an extremely intelligent person" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein. Etymology templates: {{m|de|ein-}} ein-, {{m|de|Stein}} Stein, {{m|de|-en}} -en Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Einstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Einsteins or (with an article) Einstein, feminine genitive Einstein, plural Einsteins) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|surname}} Forms: Einsteins [genitive, masculine], Einstein [genitive, masculine], Einstein [feminine, genitive], Einsteins [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Einstein [masculine, nominative, singular], Einstein [feminine, nominative, singular], Einsteins [definite, nominative, plural], Einsteins [genitive, masculine, singular], Einstein [genitive, masculine, singular], Einstein [feminine, genitive, singular], Einsteins [definite, genitive, plural], Einstein [dative, masculine, singular], Einstein [dative, feminine, singular], Einsteins [dative, definite, plural], Einstein [accusative, masculine, singular], Einstein [accusative, feminine, singular], Einsteins [accusative, definite, plural]

Noun

[Show JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ein-"
      },
      "expansion": "ein-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stein"
      },
      "expansion": "Stein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-en"
      },
      "expansion": "-en",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen (\"to enclose or surround with stone\"); see ein-, Stein, and -en. The \"an extremely intelligent person\" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Einstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Einsteins or (with an article) Einstein, feminine genitive Einstein, plural Einsteins)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname, notably of Albert Einstein"
      ],
      "id": "en-Einstein-de-name-Wn2Fs8Et",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Einstein"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ein-"
      },
      "expansion": "ein-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stein"
      },
      "expansion": "Stein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-en"
      },
      "expansion": "-en",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen (\"to enclose or surround with stone\"); see ein-, Stein, and -en. The \"an extremely intelligent person\" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Einstein m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An extremely intelligent person."
      ],
      "id": "en-Einstein-de-noun-TsjNV5bD",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "a person stating the obvious",
          "word": "Columbo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Einstein"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "categories": [
    "German 2-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German eponyms",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:German/aɪ̯n",
    "pt:Individuals",
    "pt:Physics"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ein-"
      },
      "expansion": "ein-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stein"
      },
      "expansion": "Stein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-en"
      },
      "expansion": "-en",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen (\"to enclose or surround with stone\"); see ein-, Stein, and -en. The \"an extremely intelligent person\" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einstein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Einsteins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Einstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Einsteins or (with an article) Einstein, feminine genitive Einstein, plural Einsteins)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname, notably of Albert Einstein"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Einstein"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German 2-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German eponyms",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:German/aɪ̯n",
    "pt:Individuals",
    "pt:Physics"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ein-"
      },
      "expansion": "ein-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stein"
      },
      "expansion": "Stein",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-en"
      },
      "expansion": "-en",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen (\"to enclose or surround with stone\"); see ein-, Stein, and -en. The \"an extremely intelligent person\" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Einstein m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An extremely intelligent person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯n"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "a person stating the obvious",
      "word": "Columbo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Einstein"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"Einstein" meaning in German

Proper name

Noun