Protostern
German, noun[pʁotoˈʃtɛʁn]
Protostern is spelled P-R-O-T-O-S-T-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protostern is a German masculine noun meaning “protostar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Stern im frühest beobachtbaren Stadium, in dem die Kondensation aus der interstellaren Wolke einsetzt…”.
What does Protostern mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotostar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Stern im frühest beobachtbaren Stadium, in dem die Kondensation aus der interstellaren Wolke einsetzt, jedoch vor dem Beginn der Kernreaktionen im Sterninnern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Protostern
- Protosternes genitive
- Protosterns genitive
- Protosterne plural
- Protosternen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Protostern?
- [pʁotoˈʃtɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Protostern in German?
Protostern appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).