Holstein

See also: holstein, holst ein, and Hollstein

English

Etymology 1

From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz (“wood”) + Sassen (“inhabitant”), German Low German Holt (“wood”) + Saten (“inhabitant”).

Proper noun

Holstein

2. A geographic region and former duchy between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

   Synonym: Holsatia

   • 1880, Nassau William, senior, Conversations with distinguished persons during the Second Empire, volume 1, page 206:

     Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein.

Derived terms

• Holsteiner
• Neustadt in Holstein
• New Holstein
• Schleswig-Holstein

Translations

region

Armenian: Հոլշտայն (Holštayn) Chinese: Mandarin: 荷爾斯泰因 / 荷尔斯泰因 (Hé'ěrsītàiyīn) Czech: Holštýnsko (cs) n Danish: Holsten Georgian: ჰოლშტაინი (holšṭaini) German: Holstein (de) Alemannic German: Holstei Rhine Franconian: Holschdä (Palatine) Greek: Χόλσταϊν (Chólstaïn) Icelandic: Holtsetaland (is) n Kashubian: Hòlsztin Latin: Holsatia Latvian: Holšteina Lithuanian: Holšteinas Low German: German Low German: Holsteen m North Frisian: Holstian Old Norse: Holtsetaland, Hollsetaland n Polish: Holsztyn (pl) m Portuguese: Holsácia f, Holstein m Russian: Го́льштейн (Gólʹštejn), Голшти́ния (ru) (Golštínija) (dated) Swedish: Holstein Thai: ฮ็อลชไตน์

See also

• Holstein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Holstein Friesian

Wikipedia

From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒlʃtaɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊlstaɪn/, /ˈhoʊlstin/
• Hyphenation: Hol‧stein

Noun

Holstein (plural Holsteins)

2. A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.

   Synonym: Friesian

   • 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.5, at p.117:

     At the height of things, Bride Lake Farms had milked a herd of sixty-five registered Holsteins. Every other day, the Hood Dairy truck would pull up, pump nine thousand pounds of raw milk out of the tank, and drive it off for processing.

4. A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.

   Synonym: Holsteiner

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Holstein (plural Holsteins)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Holstein-Lewis fracture
• Holstein-Primakoff transformation

Anagrams

• Holstine, hot lines, hotlines, neoliths