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Holstein
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holstein holst ein Hollstein
English
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Holstein.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to de Holz wood + de Sasse Sassen inhabitant, nds-de Holt wood + nds-de Sate Saten inhabitant.
Proper noun
en Q111224en geographic region/and/former duchy between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the s:pref/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany.
en Holsatia
1880, Nassau William, senior, Conversations with distinguished persons during the Second Empire, volume 1, page 206:
Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.
Derived terms
en : schnitzel Holstein Holsteiner Neustadt in Holstein New Holstein Schleswig-Holstein
Translations
region
Armenian: hy Հոլշտայն
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 荷爾斯泰因 Hé'ěrsītàiyīn
Czech: cs Holštýnsko n
Danish: da Holsten
Frisian:
North Frisian: frr Holstian
Georgian: ka ჰოლშტაინი
German: de Holstein
Alemannic German: gsw Holstei
Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Holschdä Palatine
Greek: el Χόλσταϊν
Icelandic: is Holtsetaland n
Kashubian: csb Hòlsztin
Latin: la Holsatia
Latvian: lv Holšteina
Lithuanian: lt Holšteinas
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Holsteen m
Old Norse: non Holtsetaland, non Hollsetaland n
Polish: pl Holsztyn m
Portuguese: pt Holsácia f, pt Holstein m
Russian: ru Го́льштейн, ru Голшти́ния dated
Swedish: sv Holstein
Thai: th ฮ็อลชไตน์
See also
Etymology 2
+ Friesian
thumb|A Holstein Friesian cow.
en livestock breeds originated in Schleswig-Holstein
From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhɒlʃtaɪn/ UK
en /ˈhoʊlstaɪn/ /ˈhoʊlstin/ US
en Hol stein
Noun
en breed of dairy cattle A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.
en Friesian#English:_breed of dairy cattle
2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.5, at p.117:
At the height of things, Bride Lake Farms had milked a herd of sixty-five registered Holsteins. Every other day, the Hood Dairy truck would pull up, pump nine thousand pounds of raw milk out of the tank, and drive it off for processing.
en breed of horse A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.
en Holsteiner#Noun
Etymology 3
Proper noun
s
en.
Derived terms
en Holstein-Lewis fracture
en Holstein-Primakoff transformation
Anagrams
en ehilnost Holstine hot lines hotlines neoliths
en 2-syllable words
en Cattle Dairy farming Horse breeds