Stein

Pronunciation

• IPA: /staɪn/Rhymes: -aɪn

Origin

From German Stein ("stone"). Not used this way in German. Probably a corruption of Steingut ("stoneware") or Steinkrug. Compare Old English stǣna ("stone jug, a pot of stone or earth"). More at stean.

Full definition of stein

Noun

1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic.
• 1974: A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head. — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Anagrams

• inset, niste, nites, set in, sient, snite, tines, tsine