Stern

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, from the noun Stern (“star”). This was also borrowed into various Slavic languages such as Serbo-Crotian and Slovenian. * As an English surname, from the adjective stern.

Forms

plural: Sterns

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Stern · A surname.

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