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Hinkelstein
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German
Etymology
Originally a de gmw-rfr - dialect word denoting a number of menhirs in Hesse. Generalised and standardised in the 19th century. The form is analysable as de Hinkel chicken Stein stone. Likely from of an underlying de Hünenstein, from gmh hiune giant Hun; compare modern de Hüne. This would first have been corrupted to de Hühnerstein, and then further to the contemporary form because the word de Huhn chicken was replaced in these dialects with de Hinkel (an original diminutive).
Pronunciation
de /ˈhɪŋkəlˌʃtaɪ̯n/
de De-Hinkelstein.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aɪ̯n
Noun
m,s:es
menhir
de Menhir
Declension
m,s:es
Related terms
de Winkelstein
Further reading