Stolperstein

== English == === Noun === Stolperstein (plural Stolpersteins or Stolpersteine) Alternative letter-case form of stolperstein. == German == === Etymology === From stolpern (“to stumble”) +‎ Stein (“stone”). Sense 3 developed in the first decade of the 21st century, applying the figurative sense of "impediment, obstacle" back to literal blocks, though ones that cause passersby to pause and reflect rather than literally stumble. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtɔlpɐˌʃtaɪ̯n/ (Germany, Austria) IPA(key): /ˈʃtɔlpərˌʃtaɪ̯n/ (Switzerland, Austria, Southern Germany) Hyphenation: Stol‧per‧stein === Noun === Stolperstein m (strong, genitive Stolpersteines or Stolpersteins, plural Stolpersteine) (literal) stumbling block (raised or uneven stone or paving slab over which someone could stumble) (figurative) pitfall, obstacle, hindrance, stumbling block Synonyms: Stolperfalle, Hindernis (architecture) stolperstein (small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Gedenkstolperstein, Stolpersteinprojekt, Stolpersteinverlegung === References === „Stolperstein“ in Renate Wahrig-Burfeind, Brockhaus Wahrig Deutsches Wörterbuch, mit einem Lexikon der Sprachlehre, in Digitale Bibliothek, ninth complete and updated edition (wissenmedia in der inmedia ONE GmbH, Gütersloh/München 2012, →ISBN; in German; CD-ROM edition) „Stolperstein“ in Doris Steffens, Doris al-Wadi, Neuer Wortschatz. Neologismen im Deutschen, 2001–2010. Volume 2: kiten–Z, second revised edition, (Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim 2014, →ISBN; in German), p. 429–430 === Further reading === “Stolperstein”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[7] (in German) “Stolperstein” in Duden online “Stolperstein”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– “Stolperstein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon Stolperstein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de