Stern
German, noun/ʃtɛʁn/
Stern is spelled S-T-E-R-N (5 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stern is a German masculine noun meaning “a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “massereiche, selbst leuchtende Gaskugel, Himmelskörper”.
What does Stern mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky
Morgenstern
- 2
masculinea star; the actual celestial body
- 3
masculinea star, a mullet, or anything that resembles such an object
fünfzackiger Stern
- 4
masculinea star; symbol used as a rating, e.g. for hotels, movies, etc.
Fünf-Sterne-Hotel
- 5
masculinean asterisk (*)
- 6
masculinea star, starlet, celebrity, something or someone popular
ein Schlagerstern(chen)
- 7
masculineA term of endearment.
- 8
masculinea stellar crystal, a snow crystal possessing the shape of a star
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. massereiche, selbst leuchtende Gaskugel, Himmelskörper 2. jeder Himmelskörper, der dem bloßen Auge punktförmig erscheint 3. mehrstrahliges oder mehrzackiges Symbol oder Arrangement 4. Kosebezeichnung für einen geliebten oder verehrten Menschen
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 Stern
- Sternes genitive
- Sterns genitive
- Sterne plural
- Sternchen diminutive neuter
- Sternlein diminutive neuter
- Sternderl diminutive neuter
- Sternen dative definite plural
- [3] ★, ☆, ✩, ✪, ✫, ✬, ✭, ✮, ✯, ✰, ✴, ✵, ✶, ✷, ✸, ✹, ❂ ⋆ symbol
- * symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stern?
- /ʃtɛʁn/
- [ʃtɛʁn]
- [ʃtɛɐ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Stern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Stern in German?
Stern appears 32 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).