Einstein
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See also: einstein
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Einstein.
- The common noun is an eponym of Albert Einstein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (more common) /ˈaɪnstaɪn/, (less common) /ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/
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”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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 (lyrics and music), “Secret O' Life”, in 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.
- 1996 December, Gary Andrew Poole, “Qua”, in Wired[2], →ISSN:
- We're sitting in a coffee shop in Sunnyvale, California. It's late. I've had a few beers, and my dinner date has downed a few plum wines. I peer deep into his eyes, trying to figure out why so many people throughout the high tech universe think Henry Massalin could be the Einstein of our time.
- 2000 January 22, Listener Limerick Challenge: Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, spoken by Carl Kasell, via National Public Radio:
- If Einstein, my dear / Were a toll booth cashier / I imagine he too would be [bored]
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
- Albert Einstein
- Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- einstein
- Einstein cross
- Einstein field equation
- Einsteinian
- Einsteinian relativity
- einsteinium
- Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox (E-P-R paradox, EPR paradox, EPR)
- Einstein radius
- Einstein ring
- Einstein-Rosen bridge (E-R bridge, ER bridge, ER)
- Einstein's constant
- EPR=ER, ER=EPR
- Stark-Einstein law
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.
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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"), cp. ein-, Stein and -en, or from ein + Stein.[1] The "an extremely intelligent person" sense is an eponym of Albert Einstein.
Pronunciation
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 | |||||||
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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 Einstein (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: 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’.
Further reading
- “Einstein” in Duden online
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Einstein.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Einstein m pers
Declension
Declension of Einstein
singular | |
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nominative | Einstein |
genitive | Einsteina |
dative | Einsteinowi |
accusative | Einsteina |
instrumental | Einsteinem |
locative | Einsteinie |
vocative | Einsteinie |
Derived terms
nouns
Further reading
- Einstein in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Einstein.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Einstein m or f by sense
Noun
Einstein m (invariable)
- an Einstein (an extremely intelligent or wise person)
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