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Star
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Appendix:Variations of "star"
English
+ (places)
Etymology
As a en de - and Jewish surname, from de Star starling.
Also as a German and Jewish surname, en de Stern star 1.
As a en nl - surname, from nl star stiff, rigid.
As a en sl - surname, from sl star old.
As an English given name, from en star, sometimes originating as a nickname.
Pronunciation
en ɑː(ɹ) 1
Proper noun
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en.
en female English.
en 1923 Lucy Maud Montgomery The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels: Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest Read Books Ltd 9781473344846 Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.
en 2019-02-07 Elly Griffiths The Stone Circle: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 11 Hachette UK 9781786487322 Stella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.
3 February 2026 Sonya Gugliara Nightmarish face of man accused of abducting two girls after meeting them on Roblox https://web.archive.org/web/20260710134422/https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15524167/Roblox-Nebraska-Florida-grooming-abduction.html Hser Mu Lah Say, 19, of Omaha, stands accused of kidnapping Lunabella Lozano, 12, and Kaelani Star Lozano, 14, from Indiantown, Florida, on Saturday.
A en placename.
en hamlet co/Lamont County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en place c/Russia
en work settlement dist/Dyatkovsky District obl/Bryansk c/Russia.
en village dist/Maryovsky District obl/Novgorod c/Russia.
en place c/UK
en hamlet civil parish/Shipham co/Somerset cc/England.
en small village carea/Fife cc/Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
en hamlet co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales.
en small settlement near the village of village/Gaerwen co/Isle of Anglesey cc/Wales.
en place c/USA
en city s/Idaho.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Munising co/Alger County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community co/Rankin County s/Mississippi.
en unincorporated community co/Holt County s/Nebraska.
en small town co/Montgomery County s/North Carolina.
en unincorporated community co/Mills County s/Texas.
en UK rail transport Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
See also
en Starbase Star City
Anagrams
en arst tars sart ARTS arts. 'rats tsar tars- ARTs rats Sart srat Srta. RATs RAST Arts stra. Srta arts astr- TSRA RTAs TRAs
German
de:
Etymology 1
From de gmh star, gmh stare, from de goh stara, goh staro, gmh star, from de gmw-pro *star.
Cognate with dum sterre, gml stār stār(e), ang stær, non stari, and further with la sturnus.
Pronunciation
de /ʃtaːr/ [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)] [ʃtaːʁ]
de De-Star.OGG
de starr some speakers
Noun
((<m,s:es>,<m.weak.[archaic]>))
starling
Usage notes
Weak singular declension is now rare and archaic. The plural de Staren remains slightly more common, but much less common than de Stare.
Declension
((<m,s:es>,<m.weak.[archaic]>))
Alternative forms
de Staar superseded
Hypernyms
de Sperlingsvogel
Related terms
de Starenkasten
de Starenjunges
Etymology 2
16th-century backformation from now archaic de starblind, de staarblind, from de gmh starblint star(e)blint, from de goh starablint blind or highly vision-impaired but having normal-looking eyes. The meaning is interpreted as "blind with cloudy eyes." The first element is from gmw-pro *starēn to stare, gaze, be fixed upon and second element is from gmw-pro *blind blind.staarblind
Compare dum staerblint, ang stæreblind. Related with de starren, en stare.
Pronunciation
de /ʃtaːr/ [ʃtaː(ɐ̯)] [ʃtaːʁ]
de De-Star.OGG
de starr some speakers
Noun
m,s:es
de cataract de pathology eye disease now only in compound and dervied terms, below
Declension
m,s:es
Alternative forms
de Staar Stahr superseded
Hyponyms
de grauer Star
de grüner Star
de schwarzer Star
Derived terms
de jemandem den Star stechen
Descendants
da 1 stær cataract
References
Etymology 3
de celebrity :bor en:star
19th century, from de en star. de Aster Stern.
Pronunciation
de /staːr/ [staː(ɐ̯)] [staːʁ]
de /ʃtaːr/ less common
Noun
m,,s
celebrity, star
de Prominenter Berühmter Berühmtheit Sternchen
Declension
m,,s
Hyponyms
de Altstar Antistar Bollywoodstar Bühnenstar Busenstar Comedystar Fernsehstar Filmstar Fußballstar Gaststar Hollywoodstar Kinderstar Kultstar Medienstar Megastar Mittelfeldstar Musikstar Operettenstar Opernstar Popstar Pornostar Revuestar Rockstar Schlagerstar Serienstar Shootingstar Showstar Sportstar Stürmerstar Superstar Teeniestar Tennisstar Theaterstar TV-Starstar Weltstar
Derived terms
de Starallüre Staranwalt Staraufgebot Starbesetzung Stardirigent Starensemble Starfriseur Starjournalist Starkoch Starkritiker Starkult Starnummer Starparade Starreporter Starrummel Starschnitt Starvehikel
Further reading
Star_Vogel
Star_Kuenstler_Beruehmtheit
Anagrams
de arst Rast Rats
de Starlings