Eckstein

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Eckstein. === Proper noun === Eckstein (plural Ecksteins) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Eckstein is the 7211st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4628 individuals. Eckstein is most common among White (93.5%) individuals. === Anagrams === neckties == German == === Etymology === Ecke (“corner”) +‎ Stein (“-stone”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛkˌʃtaɪ̯n/ === Noun === Eckstein m (strong, genitive Ecksteines or Ecksteins, plural Ecksteine) cornerstone (literal and figurative, but for the latter more often Eckpfeiler) (Southern Germany, card games) diamond 1841, Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, Vier Könige. Bilder aus dem Soldatenleben, in F. W. Hackländers Werke, vol. 6, Adolph Krabbe (publ., 1855), page 58. Synonym: Karo ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Eckstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ecksteins or (with an article) Eckstein, feminine genitive Eckstein, plural Ecksteins) a surname == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Eckstein. === Proper noun === Eckstein m or f by sense a surname from German