Einstein
See also: einstein
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪnstaɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Proper noun
Einstein (plural Einsteins)
- Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
- 1919 November 10, “LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS”, New York Times
- Men of Science More or Less Agog Over Results of Eclipse Observations.
- EINSTEIN THEORY TRIUMPHS
- Stars Not Where They Seemed or Were Calculated to be, but Nobody Need Worry.
- A BOOK FOR 12 WISE MEN
- No More in All the World Could Comprehend it, Said Einstein When His Daring Publishers Accepted it.
- 1977, James Taylor, “Secret O’ Life”, JT, Columbia Records
- Einstein said he could never understand it all / Planets spinning through space
- 1993, Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile:
- Gaston: Picasso, Einstein, Schmendiman. Somehow it doesn't have a ring.
- 2000 January 22, Carl Kasell (announcer), “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio
- If Einstein, my dear / Were a toll booth cashier / I imagine he too would be [bored]
- 1919 November 10, “LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS”, New York Times
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
Translations
Albert Einstein
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Einstein is the 34390th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 659 individuals. Einstein is most common among White (94.54%) individuals.
Noun
Einstein (plural Einsteins)
- (sometimes sarcastic) An extremely clever or intelligent person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:know-it-all
- Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.
- Good job, Einstein, thinking you could grab the wires with your pliers.
Synonyms
German
Etymology
The surname is habitational, from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ("to enclose or surround with stone");[1] see ein-, Stein, and -en. The "an extremely intelligent person" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
Proper noun
Einstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Einsteins or (with an article) Einstein, feminine genitive Einstein, plural Einsteins)
- a surname, notably of Albert Einstein
Declension
Declension of Einstein [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Einstein | (eine) | (die) | Einstein | (die) | Einsteins |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Einsteins, Einstein1 | (einer) | (der) | Einstein | (der) | Einsteins |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Einstein | (einer) | (der) | Einstein | (den) | Einsteins |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Einstein | (eine) | (die) | Einstein | (die) | Einsteins |
1With an article.
Noun
Einstein m
- An extremely intelligent person.
Synonyms
- Columbo (a person stating the obvious)
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Einstein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 518:
- 1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ‘to enclose or surround with stone’. In the unsettled social climate of the Middle Ages even relatively minor settlements were commonly surrounded with stone walls as a defense against attack. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name composed of German ein ‘one’ + Stein ‘stone’.
Polish
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of Einstein
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Einstein |
| genitive | Einsteina |
| dative | Einsteinowi |
| accusative | Einsteina |
| instrumental | Einsteinem |
| locative | Einsteinie |
| vocative | Einsteinie |
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